01:202:324 Lecture 12: Violent crime 4.11.16

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: 01:202:324
• Professor: professor Adubato

Document Summary

We know a lot about the risk factors for these types of assaults and about effective responses to them. It is, therefore, incumbent upon police to conduct good analyses of such local problems. The term bar refers to a licensed liquor establishment that sells alcohol primarily for consumption on the premises. This includes: nightclubs, pubs, taverns, lounges, discos, or social clubs. For this discussion, assault refers to the full range of violent acts, from those that cause minor injury to those that cause death, and form consensual fights to unprovoked attacks. Australia, for example, just 12 percent of bars accounted for almost 60% of assaults occurring in licensed drinking establishments. The proliferation of bars, in many communities has led to increases in assaults in and around bars. While many of these if not most are alcohol-related, assaults also occur when neither the aggressors nor the victims have been drinking.