拉丁美洲人口水平的酒精消费和谋杀率:一个固定效应小组分析,1961-2019年
Guillermo J Escaño1, William Alex Pridemore2
1University at Albany, State University of New York, School of Criminal Justice, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
The British journal of criminology
|April 19, 2024
概括
更高的酒精消费,特别是葡萄酒和酒,与拉丁美洲和加勒比地区 (LAC) 谋杀率的增加有关. 冒险饮酒模式也与该地区更多的暴力有关.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区 (LAC) 占全球杀人事件的很大一部分,尽管其占全球人口的比例较小.
- 该地区面临着高的酒精消费和多样化的饮酒模式,但酒精与谋杀的联系在英语文学中仍未得到充分研究.
- 现有的研究缺乏对LAC地区的酒精消费和谋杀率的人口层面分析.
研究的目的:
- 调查ALC地区的酒精消费与谋杀率之间的关联.
- 检查总体,饮料特定 (葡萄酒,酒,烈酒) 和危险饮酒模式对谋杀率的影响.
- 分析这些协会在总体,男性和女性人口中.
主要方法:
- 利用面板固定效应模型分析来自22个国家的 (1961-2019) 酒精消费和杀人率的数据.
- 从世界卫生组织收集关于杀人和酒精消费的数据.
- 包括对2005年和2010年20个国家的危险饮酒模式的分析.
主要成果:
- 人均总和葡萄酒消费量与总,男性和女性杀人率有积极的关联,男性的效果更强.
- 人均酒消费与总和男性谋杀率有积极联系.
- 饮酒风险较高的国家在总体,男性和女性人口中显示出更高的整体谋杀率.
结论:
- 酒精消费,特别是葡萄酒和酒,是与LAC的谋杀率增加相关的重要因素.
- 风险饮酒模式与该地区更高的暴力水平有关.
- 进一步的研究和针对酒精使用的有针对性的干预措施可能对减少LAC暴力至关重要.
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