"Alcohol use are risk factors both for being victimized and perpetrating youth violence. Youth violence takes many forms including bullying, gang violence, sexual aggression, and assaults occurring in streets, bars and nightclubs. The victims and perpetrators alike are young people, and the consequences of youth violence can be devastating. Across the world an average of 565 young people aged 0 to 9 die every day through interpersonal violence, with males at greater risk, and for each death there are an estimated 0 to 40 youth that require hospital treatment for a violence-related injury."
"Alcohol use directly affects cognitive and physical function. Hazardous alcohol use can reduce self-control and the ability to process incoming information and assess risks, and can increase emotional lability and impulsivity, to make certain drinkers more likely to resort to violence in confrontation. individual and societal beliefs about the effects of alcohol (e.g. increased confidence, increased aggression) can mean that alcohol is consumed as preparation for involvement in violence."
- fighting for fun is also a common reason given for initiating violence. Among young males participating in such violence, alcohol is believed to facilitate aggression by increasing confidence and willingness to take risks, making people more aroused and emotional, and reducing their ability to consider the consequences of their behaviour.""Qualitative studies have found that alcohol-related violence in bars and clubs is often reactive, triggered
by events such as a spilt drink or
an advance by one person towards another’s sexual partner. Young men explain their aggressive responses to these events as necessary for defending their honour and retaining the respect of their peers; however
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