The DOI matches its Crossref record; 60 of the 60 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
The share of violence attributable to drinking
Abstract
While analysts have differed on whether alcohol causes crime, the differences primarily reflect varying definitions of causation. At a population level, more drinking tends to lead to more violence, and less drinking to less. Estimates of the fraction of violence attributable to alcohol have been based both on individual-level and on population-level data. At the individual level, there seem to be cultural differences in the proportion of violent episodes involving drinking, although it is difficult to determine what proportion of these episodes should be attributed to alcohol. At the aggregate level, there are clear variations between different drinking cultures in the fraction of violence attributable to drinking, with the proportion higher in northern and eastern than in southern Europe. These cultural differences underline that there is no single invariant attributable fraction for alcohol's role in violence. The advantages and disadvantages of further individual- and aggregate-level studies are discussed. Suggestions are made for future lines of research on the connection between drinking and violence.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“the impact of alcohol use on violence is mediated by other variables 342, 343, including by culture 344.”
From The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update (2017) · cites this paper as [344]
In the citing paper
“The biggest difference in risk relations will probably be found in injury outcomes, as these depend more upon environment than disease 311, 344.”
From The relationship between different dimensions of alcohol use and the burden of disease—an update (2017) · cites this paper as [344]
Citations
Cites
Dissertation Abstracts International
Kutler, S. I. (2017) · The SHAFR Guide Online · doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim010020122 · Cited by 4,190
The Journal of Family Practice
Geyman, J. P. (1997) · American Journal of Family Therapy · doi:10.1080/01926189708251066 · Cited by 3,088
Strategy of prevention: lessons from cardiovascular disease.
Rose, G. (1981) · BMJ · doi:10.1136/bmj.282.6279.1847 · Cited by 1,302
Wolfgang, M. E. (1958) · doi:10.9783/9781512808728 · Cited by 1,167
PROPORTION OF DISEASE CAUSED OR PREVENTED BY A GIVEN EXPOSURE, TRAIT OR INTERVENTION1
MIETTINEN, O. S. (1974) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121617 · Cited by 1,036 · cited 2×
“p̀opulation attributable risk percent’ (Cole and MacMahon 1971), ètiologic fraction’ (Miettinen 1974) and”
BackgroundThe occurrence of lung cancer in man.
Ml, L. (1953) · PubMed · Cited by 945
Peterson, V. W., & Wolfgang, M. E. (1960) · The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science · doi:10.2307/1141446 · Cited by 937
The quanitification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia: Part 1
English, D. R., Holman, D., Milne, E., Winter, M., Hulse, G. K., Codde, J., Bower, C., Giles‐Corti, B., Dawes, V. P., de Klerk, N. H., et al. (1995) · UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) · Cited by 464
Alcohol Consumption and the Preventive Paradox★
Kreitman, N. (1986) · British Journal of Addiction · doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1986.tb00342.x · Cited by 344
Attributable risk percent in case-control studies.
Cole, P. T., & MacMahon, B. (1971) · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · doi:10.1136/jech.25.4.242 · Cited by 344
Research works printed but not linked: 10
- Bell DD, 1986, Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 3208B
- Cole P, 1971, British Journal of the Society of Preventive Medicine, 25, 242
- English DR, Holman CDJ, Mihie E, Winter MG, Hulse GK, Codde JP et al. (1995) The Quantification of Drug Caused Morbidity and Mortality in Australia, 1995 Edition. Two volumes. Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health: Canberra.
- Friend R, 1993, Dissertation Abstracts Interna-tional, 54, 1095B
- Levin ML, 1953, Acta Unio International Contra Cancrum, 9, 531
- Norström T, 1993, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 10, 311
- Room R, 1995, Addiction, 90, 499, 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1995.tb02185.x · DOI
- Rossow I, 1996, the impact of drinking patterns and drinking context Addiction, 91, 1641
- Shultz JM, 1991, Public Health Reports, 106, 443
- Valois RF, 1998, American Journal of Health Behavior, 22, 8
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Items 101–159 of 159
Lightowlers, C., & Sumnall, H. R. (2014) · Drugs Education Prevention and Policy · doi:10.3109/09687637.2013.861799 · Cited by 6
“E-mail: c.l.lightowlers@ljmu.ac.uk 131 associated with outcomes such as interpersonal assault rather than drinking frequency per se (see studies by Finney, 2004; Lightowlers, 2011, 2012; Matthews & Richardson, 2005; Room & Rossow, 2001; Shepherd, 1994).”
BackgroundThe gold rush and afterwards: Homicide in San Francisco, 1849–2003
Felson, R. B., & Cundiff, P. R. (2018) · Aggressive Behavior · doi:10.1002/ab.21785 · Cited by 5
Durairaja, S., Saat, G. A. M., & Kamaluddin, M. R. (2019) · Psychological Thought · doi:10.5964/psyct.v12i1.316 · Cited by 5
“Alcohol consumption has been found to be an important ingredient, as well as a triggering factor in violent incidents (Room & Rossow, 2001) because of its dis-inhibiting effects which have the possible chance to change the individuals’ perception of risk (Bushman, 1997).”
BackgroundThe alcohol treatment needs of violent and non‐violent prisoners
Bowes, N., Sutton, A., Jenkins, S., & McMurran, M. (2009) · The British Journal of Forensic Practice · doi:10.1108/14636646200900002 · Cited by 5
Jackson, N., & Kypri, K. (2016) · Addiction · doi:10.1111/add.13149 · Cited by 5
“Alcohol intoxication is one of many factors playing a contributory causal role [13,14], with epidemiological studies suggesting that 22% of the violence burden is attributable to this exposure [15].”
BackgroundParekh, V. R., McMinn, J., Brkic, A., Williams, D. M., Boxx, C., Bailey, L., & Reid, K. (2024) · Emergency Medicine Australasia · doi:10.1111/1742-6723.14462 · Cited by 4
The tripartite tragedy: Alcohol and other drugs, intimate partner violence and child abuse
Hameed, M. A. (2019) · Children Australia · doi:10.1017/cha.2018.52 · Cited by 4
Alcoholism - a deep insight to its role in various diseases: A critical review
Mukherjee, S. (2013) · OA Alcohol · doi:10.13172/2053-0285-1-2-774 · Cited by 4
Crimes sexuais e imputabilidade penal
Valença, A. M., Barros, A. J. S., & Telles, L. E. D. B. (2020) · Debates em Psiquiatria · doi:10.25118/2763-9037.2020.v10.26 · Cited by 4
Alcohol’s harm from strangers drinking in Lithuania
Tamutienė, I. (2017) · Journal of Substance Use · doi:10.1080/14659891.2016.1271030 · Cited by 4
“…effects on public and private violence (Cameron et al., 2015; Crane et al., 2015; Foran & O’Leary, 2008; Graham & Homel, 2008; Quick et al., 2016; Room & Rossow, 2001; Rossow & Bye, 2013), child neglect (Cleaver et al., 2011), and fetal alcohol syndrome (Guerri et al., 2009; Roozen et al.,…”
BackgroundScience, Public Policy and the Alcohol Industry
Giesbrecht, N. (2006) · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · doi:10.1007/1-4020-2605-6_14 · Cited by 4
“There has been an increased awareness of a wide range of problems associated with drinking; concurrently the evidence supporting the nature of the link is stronger (with regard to violence, see Room and Rossow, 2001; Leonard, 2001).”
BackgroundPublic drunkenness as a nuisance in Ghent (Belgium) and Trento (Italy)
Ronco, A. D. (2016) · Crime Law and Social Change · doi:10.1007/s10611-016-9624-8 · Cited by 4
“Traditionally, binge drinking is said to be more prevalent among adolescents and youngsters living in the Bdry^ cultures of the north and eastern parts of Europe [31, 32], who are also more prone to engage in violent and problematic behaviour when inebriated from alcohol [33, 34].”
BackgroundAlcohol and Homicide in Early 20th-century Russia
Stickley, A., & Carlson, P. (2005) · Contemporary Drug Problems · doi:10.1177/009145090503200402 · Cited by 4
The Cost of Binge DrinkingPreprint
Francesconi, M., & James, J. (2015) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2576108 · Cited by 4
Svensson, J. (2013) · Figshare · Cited by 4
Summerell, E., Xiao, W., Huang, C., Terranova, J., Gilam, G., Riva, P., & Denson, T. F. (2024) · Biological Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108899 · Cited by 3
23. Preventing Intoxication and Related Harm in Nightlife Settings
Rossow, I. M., & Buvik, K. (2017) · American Public Health Association eBooks · doi:10.2105/9780875532929ch23 · Cited by 3
Self-citationYoon, M., & 조혜정 (2012) · Korean Journal of Social Welfare · doi:10.20970/kasw.2012.64.2.005 · Cited by 3
The Impact of Aggregate Level Alcohol Consumption on Homicide Rates: A Time Series Analysis
Kumar, T. K. V. (2021) · International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology · doi:10.1177/0306624x211028774 · Cited by 3
“Greater consumption of alcohol also results in a larger number of drinking occasions, and there is a relationship between the frequency of drinking occasions and violence, including homicide (Landberg & Norström, 2011; Norström & Ramstedt, 2005; Room & Rossow, 2001).”
BackgroundThe significance of ‘intoxication’ in Australian criminal law
Quilter, J., McNamara, L., Seear, K., & Room, R. (2018) · Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks · doi:10.52922/ti122499 · Cited by 2
“Room and Rossow (2001) have argued that epidemiologically there is evidence of a conditional causal relationship: This does not mean that, at the level of particular events, the relationship is either necessary or sufficient.”
BackgroundSelf-citationViolence in Acute Psychiatric Patients: A Cumulative Increased Risk with Polysubstance Abuse?
Fosse, R., Olsen, B., & Bjørkly, S. K. (2013) · International Journal of Forensic Mental Health · doi:10.1080/14999013.2013.819395 · Cited by 2
“…risk assessment, polysubstance abuse, acute psychiatry, TCO, diagnoses Population studies, as well as studies based on police reports and court documents, indicate that alcohol is involved in more than half of violent and criminal acts (Gmel & Rehm, 2003; Greenfield, 1998; Room & Rossow, 2001).”
BackgroundAlcohol and crime: from understanding to effective intervention
Giesbrecht, N., & Nesbitt, S. (2001) · Journal of Substance Use · doi:10.1080/146598901753325039 · Cited by 2
“While all four papers focus on diVerent aspects of this topic, a cross-cutting theme is that alcohol consumption and its eVects are indeed contributing causes of many crimes, such as many types of violence (Room and Rossow 2001), domestic violence (Leonard 2001), motor vehicle crashes (Fell 2001) and community-level d…”
BackgroundAlcohol and violence – exploring the relationship
Smyth, C. A. (2013) · Drugs and Alcohol Today · doi:10.1108/dat-04-2013-0019 · Cited by 2
Lam, T., Laslett, A., Fischer, J., Salom, C., Ogeil, R. P., Lubman, D. I., Aiken, A., Mattick, R. P., Gilmore, W., & ALLSOP, S. J. (2021) · Drug and Alcohol Review · doi:10.1111/dar.13336 · Cited by 2
“Nevertheless, risky alcohol consumption is implicated in both victimisation and perpetration of violence [11,12], and while much of the extant literature is taken from the victim’s viewpoint, there are perpetrator studies, especially from the intimate partner/family violence field.”
BackgroundSundin, E., Landberg, J., Galanti, M. R., Room, R., & Ramstedt, M. (2021) · European Addiction Research · doi:10.1159/000520079 · Cited by 2
Self-citationSnoswell, C. L., Puljević, C., & Ferris, J. (2019) · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · doi:10.1111/acer.14109 · Cited by 2
Understanding Drinking Behaviour: Affordances and an Ecological Approach to Cognition
Hill, K. M. (2014) · Radar (Oxford Brookes University) · doi:10.24384/9dwf-9c40 · Cited by 2
“…it is difficult associating consumption with crime levels, evidence suggests there is a strong link between alcohol and violence, with localised problems, injuries and public disorder an issue for many towns and cities involved in the night time economy (Cabinet Office, 2003; Room & Rossow, 2001).”
BackgroundThe association between psychoactive substance use and violence
Knežević, V., Ratković, D., Vejnovic, A., Ivanović-Kovačević, S., Milatović, J., & Knezevic, J. (2019) · Medicinski pregled · doi:10.2298/mpns1912363k · Cited by 3
Eriksson, L., Mazerolle, P., McPhedran, S., & Wortley, R. (2024) · Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma · doi:10.1080/10926771.2024.2428161 · Cited by 1
“Thus, more research is needed to disentangle the (very) complex causal relationship between alcohol and severe violence (Bye, 2012; Room & Rossow, 2001).”
Palk, G. R. M., Davey, J. D., & Freeman, J. (2007) · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) · Cited by 1
Alcohol and drug fuelled violence - mandatory aggravating factor in sentencing
Quilter, J., McNamara, L., Seear, K., & Room, R. (2015) · Research Online (University of Wollongong) · Cited by 1
Self-citationLustig, A., & Brookes, G. (2022) · International Journal of Drug Policy · doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103862 · Cited by 4
“[1] There is also a body of evidence supporting the link between alcohol and violence [10], domestic violence [11] and the negative impact of alcohol misuse on families [12].”
BackgroundTowards national measures of alcohol-related crime
Morgan, A., Lyneham, S., Davy, D., & Coughlan, M. (2018) · Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks · doi:10.52922/rr199916 · Cited by 1
Warpenius, K., Holmila, M. J., & Heikkilä, A. (2017) · Addiction Research & Theory · doi:10.1080/16066359.2017.1406481 · Cited by 1
“Many studies demonstrate a strong association between alcohol use, especially heavy intoxication, and acute harm, such as injuries, accidents and violence (Room and Rossow 2001; Cherpitel 2007).”
BackgroundArbanas, G., Marinović, P., & Buzina, N. (2020) · Journal of Forensic Sciences · doi:10.1111/1556-4029.14511 · Cited by 1
“Use of alcohol was prevalent among both groups of subjects, at the time of the offence, which is unsurprising, as we know that alcohol acts disinhibitory to human behavior and increases the risk of physical violence (32,33).”
BackgroundTreatments for Offenders in Prison and the Community
McMurran, M. (2012) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118411094.ch11 · Cited by 1
Theory and Evidence on Alcohol Regulations in Norway
Solheim, M. B. (2014) · NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives · Cited by 1
Women and Alcohol in Aotearoa/New Zealand Te waipiro me ngā wāhine i Aotearoa
Rankine, J., Gregory, A., Tonks, A. Y. M., & Thompson-Evans, T. (2013) · ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) · Cited by 1
Tchamba, G. (2015) · ScholarWorks - WMU (Western Michigan University)
Ansvarsfull alkoholservering : effekter på våldsbrottsligheten i landets kommuner
Trolldal, B., Brännström, L., Paschall, M. J., Kvillemo, P., & Leifman, H. (2012)
HRB Overview series: social consequences of harmful use of alcohol in Ireland
Mongan, D., Hope, A., & Nelson, M. (2009) · Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library)
Alcohol-Aggression outcome expectancies and their responsiveness to event recall
McMurran, M., & McCulloch, A. (2008) · Addiction Research & Theory · doi:10.1080/16066350801968724
“Evidence for the alcohol-aggression (AA) relationship comes from a variety of types of study: epidemiological research (e.g. Room and Rossow 2001), cross-sectional studies of offenders (e.g. Shaw et al. 2006; Singleton et al. 1999), single case studies Correspondence: Mary McMurran, School of…”
BackgroundAlcohol and Violence: Relationships, Causality, and Policy
Wilkinson, C., & Room, R. (2011) · Contemporary Drug Problems · doi:10.1177/009145091103800201
“An important aspect of epidemiological research on alcohol and violence is the analysis of register series on alcohol consumption levels and indicators of violence, including statistics on assaults and homicides (Room & Rossow, 2001).”
BackgroundSelf-citationEDITORIAL ALCOHOL AND HYPERTENSION: AN OLD RELATIONSHIP REVISITED
Tomson, J., & Lip, G. Y. H. (2015)
Catalá-Miñana, A. (2014) · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)
Alkohol, våld och maskulinitet : En kvantitativ förstudie
Begler, E. (2010) · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Parliamentary Inquiry into Alcohol-related Violence
Palk, G. R. M., Davey, J. D., & Freeman, J. (2009) · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)
Rey, G. N., Tiburcio, M., & Juárez, F. (2008)
Duff, S. C. (2017) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118314531.ch11
Parker, R. N., & McCaffree, K. J. (2011) · doi:10.1093/obo/9780195396607-0065
(2013) · CRC Press eBooks · doi:10.1201/b15462-35
Babor, T. F. (2010) · Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs · doi:10.1177/145507251002700201
Systemic Diseases with Alcohol
Polat, O. (2024) · doi:10.69860/nobel.9786053359487.6
Kanoatova, S., Hurst, M., Silver, H. M., & Nesbitt, A. (2026) · Food Control · doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2026.112505
The risks associated with alcohol use and alcoholism.
(2011) · PubMed Central · Cited by 556
Metadata
- Authors
- Room, R., & Rossow, I.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm University (SE)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Substance Use
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2001-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 218-228
- ISSN
- 1465-9891 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-9942
- OpenAlex
- W2150068387
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Substance Use (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Keywords
- alcohol-related violence, attributable fraction, alcohol-related crime, drinking culture, cultural differences
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
