Alcohol-related crime among college students: a review of research and fruitful areas for future work |
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Authors: | Andrea Allen Scott Jacques |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Sciences, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Boulevard, Morrow, GA 30260, USAandreaallen@mail.clayton.edu;3. Department of Criminal Justice &4. Criminology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 4018, Atlanta, GA 30302-4018, USA |
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Abstract: | College and alcohol are a potent mix. This paper reviews what is known and unknown about college students’ involvement in alcohol-related crime as both offenders and victims. There are three types of alcohol-related crime: psychopharmacological; economic compulsive; and systemic. Research on college students, however, has focused entirely on the first type. Why are the latter two types untouched in the literature? After reviewing research on alcohol-involved psychopharmacological crime among college students, we address this question by drawing on Lewis & Lewis’ taxonomy of ‘negative evidence.’ We outline and assess reasons for the dearth of information on these topics, and draw on these explanations to suggest fruitful areas for future research. |
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Keywords: | alcohol-related crime drugs/crime nexus college students negative evidence review |
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