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Alcohol and Crime: An Analysis of National Data on the Prevalence of Alcohol Involvement in Crime

Alcohol and Crime: An Analysis of National Data on the Prevalence of Alcohol Involvement in Crime

Lawrence A. Greenfeld
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The extensive and far-reaching impacts of alcohol abuse on crime and public safety are only now achieving widespread public policy attention. This report was prepared to provide statistical information as background for the Assistant Attorney General’s 1998 National Symposium on Alcohol Abuse and Crime, which will address many of these policy issues and discuss approaches that may help alleviate these problems.

Based on this compilation and new analysis of data on alcohol and crime, we know that nearly 4 in 10 violent victimizations involve use of alcohol, about 4 in 10 fatal motor vehicle accidents are alcohol-involved; and about 4 in 10 offenders, regardless of whether they are on probation, in local jail, or in State prison, self-report that they were using alcohol at the time of the offense.

There are, however, a number of positive indicators that alcohol-related crime is generally decreasing and that most of those in need of treatment are receiving it. Violence between current and former spouses, boyfriends, and girlfriends is especially likely to involve alcohol abuse, and all forms of violence against intimates, including homicide, have been declining in recent years. In addition, rates of arrest for DUI have declined by 24% since 1990. During the last 10 years, the number of highway fatalities attributable to alcohol-related accidents has dropped by about 7,000 annually, a 29% decrease.

This report uses a wide variety of sources, including statistical series
maintained by the Bureau of Justice Statistics , the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Language
English
Pages
63
Format
Kindle Edition

Alcohol and Crime: An Analysis of National Data on the Prevalence of Alcohol Involvement in Crime

Lawrence A. Greenfeld
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The extensive and far-reaching impacts of alcohol abuse on crime and public safety are only now achieving widespread public policy attention. This report was prepared to provide statistical information as background for the Assistant Attorney General’s 1998 National Symposium on Alcohol Abuse and Crime, which will address many of these policy issues and discuss approaches that may help alleviate these problems.

Based on this compilation and new analysis of data on alcohol and crime, we know that nearly 4 in 10 violent victimizations involve use of alcohol, about 4 in 10 fatal motor vehicle accidents are alcohol-involved; and about 4 in 10 offenders, regardless of whether they are on probation, in local jail, or in State prison, self-report that they were using alcohol at the time of the offense.

There are, however, a number of positive indicators that alcohol-related crime is generally decreasing and that most of those in need of treatment are receiving it. Violence between current and former spouses, boyfriends, and girlfriends is especially likely to involve alcohol abuse, and all forms of violence against intimates, including homicide, have been declining in recent years. In addition, rates of arrest for DUI have declined by 24% since 1990. During the last 10 years, the number of highway fatalities attributable to alcohol-related accidents has dropped by about 7,000 annually, a 29% decrease.

This report uses a wide variety of sources, including statistical series
maintained by the Bureau of Justice Statistics , the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Language
English
Pages
63
Format
Kindle Edition

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