Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
BMC Public Health: 2014, 14(881), p. 1-11.
Keywords
alcohol
violence
crime
taxation
price
availability
outlet density
licensing
licensed premises
universal prevention
family
gender
young
youth
brief intervention
indicated prevention
population
community
environmental
family therapy
network therapy
psychosocial treatment

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Do Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms also Reduce Domestic Abuse?

In celebration of International Women’s Day we are highlighting studies throughout the month of March that further our understanding of how sex and gender influence the course of addiction and treatment, with a particular focus on women.

This week’s review examines the possibility that interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption may reduce a ‘hidden’ form of alcohol-related violence – domestic abuse.

Reading this analysis prompts thoughts about the role alcohol may play in initiating or exacerbating controlling and abusive behaviours in intimate relationships, and how the presence of heavy or dependent drinking among victims and perpetrators could shape the way health, substance use, and criminal justice professionals view domestic abuse situations.