We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter. Alcohol’s role was alarming
- Written by Li Eriksson, Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
We’ve long known there’s a link between alcohol and violence, but when it comes to homicide the stories behind the statistics are harder to grasp.
Our study sheds rare light on what actually happens when drinking precedes killing, because it draws not just on police or court records but on the first-hand accounts of convicted offenders.
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