The Effect of Restricting Opening Hours on Alcohol-Related Violence

2007191 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Sérgio Duailibi · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

William R. Ponicki · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

Joel W. Grube · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

Ilana Pinsky · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

Ronaldo Laranjeira · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

Martin Raw · Centro Universitário Adventista de São Paulo

Abstract

Introducing restrictions on opening hours resulted in a significant decrease in murders, which confirmed what we know from the literature: restricting access to alcohol can reduce alcohol-related problems. Our results give no support to the converse view, that increasing availability will somehow reduce problems.

Topics & Keywords

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Crime Patterns and Interventions Health and Wellbeing Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 97, Issue 12, pp. 2276-2280

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.092684

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