CORRELATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND LEVELS OF VIOLENCE IN AN AMAZONIAN CITY ON THE BORDER WITH BOLIVIA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.7632427081

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• Keywords: Correlation. Alcoholic beverages. Urban violence. Western Amazon

• Abstract: Alcohol consumption is a prehistoric habit. There is archaeological evidence of its use in celebrations, rites, or simple crowds of individuals. With the civilizing process, the consumption of alcoholic beverages was incorporated into acceptable social standards. Several scholars have concluded that alcohol is the substance most linked to behavioral changes caused by psychopharmacological effects that result in violence. Empirical and scientific evidence reveals that alcohol is a significant substance in conjunction with different forms of violence. The focus of this work is to know the scenario of alcohol consumption (beer) and violence in a Brazilian city, in the Western Amazon, which borders the Republic of Bolivia. Thus, this work aims to analyze the correlation between the consumption of alcoholic beverages in this city, through a survey of the volume sold by the existing distributors in the city, in relation to drug trafficking, robbery, traffic accidents and physical aggression. The research method was inductive. The methodology was based on primary research to collect field data at the level of the city's neighborhoods and secondary research to build the theoretical and methodological basis. The result shows a high positive correlation between the consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer) and some aspects of violence studied, which is consistent with other studies in this line of approach.