uot; (Deehan, 1999:5). Causal relationships covers the alcohol induced offence and alcohol inspired crime and contributory relationships covers alcohol linked crime. However, Hayes interestingly gives his model more social context with his "coexistence", where offenders engage in "two separate activities which have no relationship with each other" (Deehan, 1999:5). For example, the offender may drink heavily but it has no effect upon his offending behaviour. This category highlights one of the problems of alcohol abuse being recognised as being linked to crime and disorder. Because consuming alcohol is a socially acceptable pastime and does not have the same social stigma as drug abuse, it is not directly associated to criminal activities in the same way that drug use is. This in part is down to the media which has increasingly made the coverage of drug abuse into a national moral panic, even though statistics prove that alcohol is related to more crime than drug use. The sheer amount of money invested in advertising by t
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