The Ambiguous Excuse: Attributing Violence to Intoxication—Young Swedes about the Excuse Value of Alcohol

Autor:	Kalle Tryggvesson
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Value (ethics) Health (social science) Health Policy 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050109 social psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Law Social psychology 050105 experimental psychology Excuse
Zdroj:	Contemporary Drug Problems. 31:231-261
ISSN:	2163-1808 0091-4509
DOI:	10.1177/009145090403100204
Popis:	As part of a project about Swedish youths' expectations and experiences concerning behavior while intoxicated, eight focus-group interviews were conducted (mean age: 19 years; total number of participants: 47). The article focuses on young people's attitudes and beliefs about alcohol and violence, with a special focus on their experiences and beliefs regarding alcohol as an explanation and an excuse for violent behavior. The respondents said they believed that alcohol has a crucial role in the origin of violence. On the one hand, there was strong agreement that alcohol was not a good excuse for participating in violence, but, on the other hand, they said alcohol often was used as an excuse for acts of violence, and that it worked. The excuse value of alcohol was also indicated in several ways: Alcohol involvement sometimes reduced the severity of an act, and alcohol sometimes also helped to normalize a person engaged in violence.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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