Alcohol and Violence: Exploring the Connection

This report explores the connection between alcohol and violence, analyzing a questionnaire and literature review. The questionnaire focuses on the behavior of individuals who consume alcohol regularly, with questions related to legal issues, fighting, and intervention programs. The literature review discusses the complex interaction between alcohol and violence, including personality factors, situational elements, and socio-cultural influences. The report concludes that excessive alcohol consumption may lead to aggressive behavior and a tendency towards violence.

ALCOHOL AND
VIOLENCE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
METHOD........................................................................................................................................2
Questionnaires........................................................................................................................2
JUSTIFICATION............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Alcohol is usually motivating and encourages others for doing a range of violence or
aggression by creating hindrance in the function of the brain and disrupting the central nervous
system in various ways which may create a tendency among the individual for committing any
crime. In this, several assumptions show that alcohol usually reduces and weak the brain
mechanism that normally restrains impulsive behavior which mainly includes the aspect of
aggression. Whereas, there are various types of studies used to explore the connection which is
associated between alcohol and violent crime. There is a recent study which shows the drinking
offender who commits crime about 15 percent and 26 percent is enhanced with the simple
assaults and the 37 percent of the rapes and sexual assaults is also raised. In this report, the
questionnaire is analyzed with the proper justification and by using the appropriate method.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to the national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, the 11 million victims of
violent crime are usually involved with each other due to the overconsumption of alcohol.
Among the attack which usually shows the aspect of crime is firmly intimate partner of the
victim which has two out of three of the offenders has been observed under the influence of
drinking before the attack. In this, the alcohol-related crime or the violence shows the aspect of a
complex interaction between the individual and the environment factor that help to promote or
inhibit violence. However, they have numerous findings from the numerous studies that they are
implicated with several variables which mainly include personality factors, individual
expectation, situational elements, and the influence which is based on the socio-cultural aspect. It
may create interaction with the alcohol on the pharmacologic effects. Regarding the victim of the
alcohol linked with violence which has been investigated risk factor which is based on becoming
a victim and has examined whether alcohol consumptions by the victims.
Alcohol consumption may promote aggression in the individual because people know to
make expectations according to it. Moreover, it is making proper understanding with the example
using the real and mock alcoholic beverage show that they are people who used to believe that
they are consumed alcohol begin to act that is more aggressive, regards with them regardless of
the beverage that they consumed. However, alcohol-related expectations enhance the level of
aggression.
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Alcohol usually affects aggression because it usually provokes various emotional responses
from different people. To understand the aggression which is caused due by alcohol with the help
of an example, it can make some people sad and sometimes it's followed the factor of angriness.
In this, it is a natural tendency to be angry, and while drinking alcohol main cause is to initiate
the factor of aggressiveness. Various cognitive, neurobiological, and social factors may influence
brain functions due to the consumption of alcohol and followed the condition of aggressiveness.
The effect of alcohol may also be due to the effect of neuroinflammation defined as a situation
made because of the effect of heavy alcohol consumption on the microbiome and nutrition.
Moreover, there is various research that indicates that Omega 3 fatty acids are deficient in people
with alcoholism and this is associated with the reason of violence.
METHOD
The method is usually focused on the different types of search strategy which provides the aspect
for the collection of data in the appropriate way. In this, the questionnaire method is used to
select to collect the data. Moreover, several strategies are used in research for the collection of
information or the data which mainly include surveys, questionnaires, experiments, archival
research, ethnography, and many more. Whereas, the questionnaire provides an aspect that
shows significance to collecting the data with proper analysis
Questionnaires
1: Have you used alcohol other than to reduce stress?
2: Do you consume alcohol three times a day?
3: Do you consume alcohol above your capacity?
4: Have you lost your friend and family due to the habit of alcohol?
5: Have you neglected your family because of the use of alcohol?
6: Have you lost your job due to excessive drinking of alcohol at the workplace?
7: Have you ever hit any person due to excessive consumption of alcohol?
8: Have you ever engaged with the legal issue due to violence while consumption of alcohol?
9: Have you ever taken a fight in the influence after the consumption of alcohol?
10: Have you ever been involved in activities that work as treatment programs to withdrawal
from consumption of alcohol?
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These all questionnaire helps to retrieve the data from the people to know their view which
works data collection method. Moreover, the questionnaire focuses on the day-to-day activity
which is usually happening by an individual with consumption of the drug.
JUSTIFICATION
The questionnaires are selected based on individuals who usually drink alcohol and behave
in such a pattern which may create issues with their decision. Moreover, the aforementioned
literature provides evidence regarding the questionnaires because the literature provides a
detailed configuration about alcohol and violence. In this, a questionnaire is used to focus on the
issues that are usually associated with the individual when they have indulged will the excessive
consumption of alcohol. However, the questionnaires are usually associated with the legal issues
or fight which is taken by the individual in the influence of alcohol. As per the literature review,
it is analyzed that the excessive consumption of alcohol followed the condition of aggressiveness
that may create hindrance in the brain function that allows a person to involve in such condition
which is associated with crime or violence.
The above literature also focuses on the various aspect that follows the condition which may
be associated with the excessive aggressiveness that is initiated as per the background of the
individual. Moreover, the set of questionnaires follows the pattern of research where the number
of questions as followed the individual background which includes legal action, fighting, and
involvement of such program that intervention to stop the consumption of alcohol. As per this,
the research questions are usually focused on the individual behavior that happened after the
consumption of alcohol.
Moreover, some questions are associated with the personal level which includes family and
friends that are neglected or lost due to the habit of alcohol. With this, excessive consumption is
also the main cause of losing the job which is also mentioned. In this, the questions are related to
the proper individual behavior when they are addicted to alcohol. As per this, the question is
validated and reliable because it follows the pattern of individuals that consume alcohol on the
regular basis.
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is analyzed that the overuse of alcohol may create aggressive
factors among the individual that may lead to the tendency of violence. Violence is usually
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associated with the overconsumption of alcohol because it usually works as a catalyst that
triggers aggressive behavior. The questionnaire focuses on the people's behavior which is often
happening in this daily activity. This is helpful to know their answer and their standpoint which
configure the approach towards the consumption of drugs. Moreover, the justification and
method focus on alcohol and violence which increase every day and people with the influence of
alcohol may have the probability to commit the crime.
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