Incident Analysis Framework

(Juhnke et. Al., 1999) Although substance abuse does not cause students to be violent, students under the influence of psychoactive substances often fail to think logically and experience increased impulsivity. Therefore a strong correlation exists between substance abuse and violent behavior. Undoubtedly, all these risk factors by themselves will not identify every violent student. However, the risk factors can be used as an aid in assessing students at risk of violence behavior.

This assignment will define alcohol and crime and discover whether there is a strong link between the use of alcohol and crime. Findings and statistics will also be used to present the Information. Laws and legislations put in place about the consumption of alcohol will also be presented including the pros and cons of alcohol along with a conclusion of my thoughts and beliefs in relation to the link between alcohol and crime. "Alcohol reduces our ability to think straight," says Professor McMurran, a psychologist at the University of Nottingham."It narrows our focus of attention and gives us tunnel vision."If someone provokes us while we're drunk, we don't take other factors into account, such as the consequences of rising to the bait.

Alcohol impairs a person’s judgement and can increase aggressive behaviors (it does most of the time). Alcohol related crime/violence rates are rising very quickly throughout the country. There are two million incarcerated men and women in the United States, and 37% of those people admit to drinking before being arrested. When it comes to rape and sexual assault, 90% of cases involve the drinking of alcohol. Almost 30% of inmates reported being under the influence of alcohol or drugs when committing murder. Almost 3 million violent crimes happen a year in which alcohol is involved. In addition, 95% of all violent crimes reported at American colleges involve alcohol. It has been proven that binge drinking or prolonged drinking can lead to acts that are more violent and that can put other people around the drinker in serious danger. Substance abuse plays a huge role in these violent crimes. The more a person drinks the less they can control their actions and how violent they become.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Many young people are facing the consequences of excessive drinking, at a too early age. Because of this issue, underage drinking is a leading public health problem. Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking including about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings (1–5).

Teens who drink are at higher risk for date rape, pregnancy, HIV and other STDs, assault, drowning, alcohol poisoning, alcohol dependency, DUI-related injury and death (yours and/or others)

PART B: FIRST MARKER COMMENTS – to identify strength, weakness and specific action required.Name 1st Marker ______________________________________ Date

Many violent acts are brought on by alcohol abuse. Some people cannot tell when they had enough, and continue to drink until it becomes a big problem, such as thinking unrealistically and acting not like yourself, maybe becoming very angry, upset, very ditsy

Violence may proceed alcohol misuse in offenders as well as victims. For example, violent people may be more likely than nonviolent people to encounter social situations and encourage heavy drinking, violence may contribute to alcohol consumption, which in turn may unpredictable violence.

techprogram/paper_40822.htm)." Some other effects that can happen from drinking is that students get in trouble with police, vandalism, get injured, or even worse, death. Over 1,400 students are killed annually because of their alcohol use, according to researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health. This survey also claims that over 600,000 students a year are assaulted by other students who have been drinking. Additionally, over 70,000 are the victims of sex assaults or date rapes in similar circumstances. These are very disturbing figures. Thirty-one percent of college students met criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol abuse and 6 percent for a diagnosis of alcohol dependence in the past 12 months, according to questionnaire-based self-reports about their drinking. Drinking heavily seems to bring out more difficulties in a person's life and can only continue the same way as an adult. One starts to rely on alcohol to solve problems and may continue throughout their life because their body becomes dependent on alcohol to make them feel good again.

and delinquent behaviour (Jones and Donovan 2001). Among young people aged 16 to 24 years, alcohol related harm is one of the leading causes of disease and

A test was conducted to analyze the connections between alcohol and aggression. Considering that alcohol contributes to at least, if not half of murders and assaults, ergo focusing the results of this test for the public. In this test there were two groups, the control group and the alcohol group and one drank orange juice while the other had approximately two glasses of alcohol reaching 0.08% blood alcohol concentration. The participants were told that they were going to compete against each other on a reaction time task.They were

Several relationships between alcohol use and the commission of physical aggression have been reported with some consistency (Cogan & Ballinger III, 2006, p. 924). The authors divided the article into two parts. One was the discussion on physical assault and the other was about sexual assault. Felson et al (2007, p.1058) argued about how alcohol plays a

          Alcohol is the most widely used drug among youth. It causes serious and potentially life-threatening problems for this population. Research indicates that drinking is associated with risk-taking and sensation-seeking behavior among adolescents. Alcohol has disinhibiting effects that may increase the likelihood of unsafe activities.In 1997, 21 percent of the young drivers 15 to 20 years old who were killed in crashes were intoxicated. For young drivers, alcohol involvement is higher among males than among females. In 1997, 25 percent of the young male drivers involved in fatal crashes had been drinking at the time of the crash, compared with 12 percent of the young female drivers

Substance and alcohol abuse has became known as the most popular contributors to juvenile delinquency. On the Juvenile Justice Bulletin there was a study done by Survey of Youth in Custody that came to the conclusion “ that more than 39 percent of youth under the age of 18 were under the influence of drugs at the time of their offense” (“Juvenile Delinquency”). The same study also found that 57 percent of the teens had abused drugs within the last month ( “Juvenile Delinquency”). The Survey of Youth in Custody did a similar study with youth and their consumption of alcohol. They took 113 juveniles that were in a state detention center and surveyed how often they consumed alcohol. Of the 113 juveniles, 82 percent of them consumed alcohol on a daily bases. The other 14 percent consumed alcohol usually more than twice a week. The last four percent of the youth in the state detention center reported to consume alcohol very rarely (“Juvenile Delinquency”). On average over 50 percent of juvenile delinquents have issues with abusing drugs and alcohol. In the table below it shows that another study shows the correlation between youth and substance

Studies found as many as one-half of all homicide perpetrators and victims had been drinking, and a large proportion of violence occurs in places where alcohol is consumed. (Lowry) This phenomenon may be linked to psychoactive effects of alcohol. In addition to pharmaceutical effects of drugs, interpersonal violence may result from economically motivated crimes to support drug use and activities related to the supply and distribution of illegal drugs. (Lowry) Tobacco use amongst adolescents has also been associated with interpersonal violence and delinquency as part of a syndrome of problem behaviors that includes illicit drug use, early sexual intercourse, and school dropout.” (Lowry). Not only is it related to violence, it is a compounding problem in itself. It has been reported that “12- to 17-year-olds at drug- and gang-free schools, those reporting drugs and gangs at their school were nearly 12 times more likely to have used tobacco (23% vs. 2%), three times more likely to have used alcohol (39% vs. 12%), and five times more likely to have used marijuana (21% vs. 4%), according to the report.” (Mahoney)