NEWS ARTICLES LINKING ALCOHOL TO CRIMES OR ACCIDENTS INCREASE SUPPORT FOR LIQUOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Michael Slater, professor of communication, is co-author of a new study on the impact of underreporting alcohol's role in crime and accidents on public health.

"If people were more aware of how prevalent alcohol use was in crimes and all forms of accidents, there may be more of a public demand for tougher law enforcement," said Slater.

Slater conducted the study with Andrew Hayes, associate professor, and David Edwoldsen, professor, both in the School of Communication at Ohio State; and Catherine Goodall of Kent State University.

Their study appears in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Read the entire press release, courtesy of Jeff Grabmeier, director, research communicaitons
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/alcoholnews.htm