Drunk and dangerous? Exploring the tenuous links among drunk driving, alcohol arrests, and firearm violence in an urban context

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102406

Chris Melde , Giovanni Circo , April Zeoli , Scott Wolfe , Richard C. Sadler , Stephen Oliphant , Matthew Almanza , Mallory O'Brien

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Abstract

Recent research and policy discussions have focused on prohibiting individuals with repeat alcohol-related offenses from purchasing or possessing firearms. To expand on this work, we use linked administrative data from a cohort sample (n = 36,274) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents to assess the association between arrests for alcohol-related offenses and later involvement in gun violence as either a shooting suspect or victim. Findings suggest arrests for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and other alcohol-related offenses were associated with increased risk of firearm-related violence only in models that did not account for other forms of offending, while no association was observed after controlling for non-violent or violent arrest histories. Our findings suggest that alcohol-related offenses do not act as an efficient marker of future firearm violence risk in Milwaukee. Policies that restrict firearm purchase or possession based on alcohol-related offenses may therefore do little to address gun violence in urban contexts.

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醉酒和危险？在城市背景下探索酒驾、酒精逮捕和枪支暴力之间的微妙联系

最近的研究和政策讨论集中在禁止与酒精有关的多次犯罪的个人购买或拥有枪支。为了扩展这项工作，我们使用了来自威斯康星州密尔沃基市的队列样本（n = 36274）的相关行政数据，以评估因酒精相关犯罪而被捕与后来作为枪击嫌疑人或受害者参与枪支暴力之间的关系。研究结果表明，只有在不考虑其他形式犯罪的模型中，醉酒驾驶车辆和其他与酒精有关的犯罪与枪支相关暴力的风险增加有关，而在控制非暴力或暴力逮捕历史后，没有观察到任何关联。我们的研究结果表明，在密尔沃基，与酒精有关的犯罪并不能作为未来枪支暴力风险的有效标志。因此，基于与酒精有关的犯罪行为而限制枪支购买或持有的政策可能对解决城市环境中的枪支暴力几乎没有作用。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.