Changing the Beat
Autor: | Lady Cabrera, Maria-Fernanda Reyes, Augusto Perez Gomez, Monica Perez-Trujillo |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Aggression
030508 substance abuse Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Participant observation Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Legal guardian medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Law |
Zdroj: | International Criminal Justice Review. 26:169-186 |
ISSN: | 1556-3855 1057-5677 |
Popis: | Opportunities for crime are related to specific times and places. However, studies on alcohol-related violence have mostly focused on the role of neighborhood-level factors over large areas and long periods of time, meaning that we know surprisingly little about how people’s interactions with the environment at specific times and places affect alcohol-related violence. In order to explore opportunities for violence in public places with high alcohol outlet densities, we conducted a multiple case study of two nighttime leisure microenvironments in Bogota, Colombia. Based on more than 150 hrs of participant observation in each site during nighttime activity over 4 months, we characterized each setting in terms of physical risk factors, actor heterogeneity, incidents of aggression, alcohol use dynamics and routines, and the intervention of different types of guardianship in these contexts. Results show that, despite similarities in the physical characteristics of the environment and alcohol availability, there are important differences in place-based dynamics that increase or decrease opportunities for violence and crime. We discuss how our results contribute to the development of opportunity theories and conclude with policy implications and opportunities for intervention. |
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