Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-10-2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad056
Abstract
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) possesses 8% of the global population but approximately one-third of global homicides. The region also exhibits high per capita alcohol consumption, risky drinking patterns, and a heterogeneous mix of beverage preferences. Despite this, LAC violence receives limited attention in the English-language literature and there are no studies of the population-level alcohol-homicide association in the region. We examined the effects on total, male, and female homicide rates of total and beverage-specific alcohol consumption (22 nations, 1961-2019) and of risky drinking patterns (20 nations, 2005 and 2010). We collected homicide and alcohol data from the World Health Organization. Panel fixed effects models showed (1) per capita total and wine consumption were positively associated with total, male, and female homicide rates, though effects were much stronger for males, (2) per capita beer consumption was positively associated with total and male homicide rates, (3) per capita spirits consumption was not associated with homicide rates, and (4) nations with riskier drinking patterns had higher total, male, and female homicide rates than those with less risky drinking patterns.
Recommended Citation
Escano, Guillermo J. and Pridemore, William Alex, "Population-Level Alcohol Consumption and Homicide Rates in Latin America: A Fixed Effects Panel Analysis, 1961-2019" (2023). School of Criminal Justice Faculty Scholarship. 3.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/scj_fac_scholar/3
Comments
This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript. The version of record can be found here:
Guillermo J Escaño, William Alex Pridemore, Population-Level Alcohol Consumption and Homicide Rates in Latin America: A Fixed Effects Panel Analysis, 1961–2019, The British Journal of Criminology, 2023;, azad056, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad056