Venue-Level Predictors of Alcohol-Related Violence: An Exploratory Study in Melbourne, Australia

The direct and indirect socio-economic costs associated with alcohol-related violence in the night economy are significant and escalating. This violence tends to be associated with a small proportion of venues. Little is known about which risk factors are most closely associated with alcohol-related...

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Published in:International journal of mental health and addiction 2015-08, Vol.13 (4), p.506-519
Main Authors: McFadden, Anthony John, Young, Martin, Markham, Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Alcohol
Assaults
Central business districts
Cities
Community and Environmental Psychology
Domestic violence
Health Psychology
Intoxication
Leisure
Licenses
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nightclubs
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Rehabilitation
Risk factors
Venue
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Summary:The direct and indirect socio-economic costs associated with alcohol-related violence in the night economy are significant and escalating. This violence tends to be associated with a small proportion of venues. Little is known about which risk factors are most closely associated with alcohol-related aggression at the venue level . Alcohol-related aggression was measured through a novel survey of industry experts on the Melbourne night-economy. Individual venue risk factors were measured via an exploratory observation study of 45 venues. Associations between alcohol-related aggression and observed risk factors were identified using non-parametric multivariate, conditional inference trees. The venue characteristics most associated with alcohol-related aggression were prominence of alcohol promotion, level of rowdy behavior, and the extent to which music contained aggressive or violent language. These results suggest that either through liquor accords, voluntary codes of practice, or state mandate, practitioners are able to reduce the level of alcohol-related violence associated with their venue by taking simple, mediating actions.
ISSN:1557-1874
1557-1882
DOI:10.1007/s11469-015-9552-3