The question as to whether alcohol does or does not cause violence has been the enslave of great interest for researchers in a broad range of disciplines for a lengthy time (for reviews.

The question as to whether alcohol does or does not cause violence has been the enslave of great interest for researchers in a broad range of disciplines for a lengthy time (for reviews, see Graham & West 2001 Lenke 1990 Pernanen 1991) There is now abundant evidence for a positive relationship between changes in total alcohol consumption and the rates of reported violence. This relationship varies the two in strength and in nature between different countries or regions (Lenke 1990 Norstrom 1998 Parker & Cartmill 1998 latitude & Rossow 2001, Rossow 2001) The relationship between alcohol and aggression has also been