Crime+and+Alcohol

=**Alcohol And Crime:**=

In both Canada and the USA, alcohol has been advertised, seen as benefiting mood and making socializing more exciting and fun, but what usually is not talked about is the negative behaviors that alcohol leads to. Alcohol has been linked to vilolence and even crime, and in teens this is very common.

Alcohol is know to contribute to violence. Alcohol causes different behaviors in people while some may feel a Happy sensation or a free feeling, aggression is one very high reported behavior. The upcoming 2011 Grey Cup football game's host Vancouver is looking into banning alcohol for the game because of the last Stanley Cup game riot in Vancouver. according to national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, alcohol contributed to 86 percent of murders, 37 percent on assaults, and 60 percent of sexual crimes. alcohol also played a part of men involved in marital violence and 27 of women involved in marital violence as well as 13 percent of child abusers. in another study done by the national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism 42 percent of crimes which involved violence that where reported to the police also involved alcohol. ( Bakewell 167).

Youth and Teenagers participate in a large amount of alcohol related crimes because of their culture. not only s it illegal for them to have alcohol because they are under the legal age, but they are also pout into more circumstances where crime may take place while taking place in already illegal behavior. teenagers have not yet fully developed a proper judgement making them more likely to commit crimes, adding alcohol to this equation drastically raises the chance of crime. .

Reasons why alcohol may cause violent crimes are linked to the psychological affect alcohol has on the brain. Alcohol is a depressant and alters the mood and state of mind. Alcohol reduces anxieties making a person think less about the effects of his or her behavior or worry about the consequences. As the blood alcohol level increases, a person becomes less aware of his or her actions and surroundings. At just 0.05 BAC there is lowered alertness, release of inhibitions and impaired judgment, and in Canada, 0.05 has not even reached the legal BAC for driving.