Alcohol Related Crime

Criminal Justice
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Alcohol-Related Crime
This particular research investigates the crimes associated with alcohol consumption in two separate city entertainment precincts. In order to attain the desired results, the study addresses three important questions that form the basis for the investigation. Firstly, the research investigates how the public perceives and experiences criminal activities in two separate regional city entertainment precincts in Australia. Secondly, the research examines the support of the public for strategies put in place to solve the problem of alcohol-related crimes in entertainment precincts. Lastly, the research seeks to establish how the perception, experience and support of crime differ depending on the region, residence, visitors to the entertainment places, the nearness of a home to an entertainment precinct and the risk of alcohol consumption (Tindall, 2016).
This study employs random sampling in its investigation. Simple random sampling was chosen for this research because each member of the population group under study had an equal opportunity of being selected to participate in the study. The simple is chosen from a larger group, and the results of the research from the sample chosen represent the entire population under study (Remler & Van Ryzin, 2015). This improbability kind of sampling targeted residents of the same local government area and those residing in adjacent areas. Telephone numbers were picked randomly from the local telephone directory by simple random sampling and invited participants for the research (Tindall, 2016).

A simple random sample is said to be unbiased when representing a group under study and reasonably selects a sample from a larger population.
In the study of how alcoholism causes crime in entertainment precincts, simple random sampling was perceived as the best method to enable gather information from both the alcoholics and the non-alcoholics. The use of the technique meant that the random selection would pick participants of the study from all the categories of the survey, that is the alcoholics, the non-alcoholics, the bar owners and attendant amongst other individuals suitable for the study. The simple sampling ensured that every household in the two cities had an opportunity to participate in the research giving the analysts a good chance to gather their information from all groups (Remler & Van Ryzin, 2015). This method was deemed fit to conduct the investigation because its simplicity and less time consuming because it does not involve further subdivisions of the data.
The results of the research indicated that more than 90 % of the study participants agreed alcohol was the cause of violence in public entertainment precincts. More than half of the participants supported about all crime reduction strategies. This number is inclusive of the visitors to the places although most visitors did not support the earlier closing and restrictions to the areas. Individuals that are at risk of alcohol harm did not support more of the restrictive policies of the entertainment places. This data was presented precisely in tabular form with age group subdivisions and their percentage concerning the response to the issues and the residential region in the cities (Tindall, 2016).
A generalization in research is an act of rational reasoning that draws a broader perspective from a certain observation. This concept is widely acceptable in studies that are quantitative in nature. The study to investigate crimes caused by alcohol consumption in public entertainment places is quantitative in nature and requires a generalization of the findings for the results obtained to represent the entire population since not every household in the city would participate in the study (Polit & Beck, 2010). The results achieved from the group selected to represent the entire population are extrapolated and made more meaningful to the situation being investigated through generalization of the findings. The study findings can, therefore, be generalized for proper concise analysis and conclusion.
References
Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2010). Generalization in quantitative and qualitative research: myths
and strategies. International journal of nursing studies, 47(11), 1451-1458.
Remler,  D.,  & Van  Ryzin.  G. (2015). Research methods in practice (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks,
CA:  SAGE.  ISBN:13-978-1452276403
Tindall, J. et al. (2016). Alcohol-related crime in city entertainment precincts: Public perception
and experience of alcohol-related crime and support for strategies to reduce such crime. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(3), 263-272.