Priyadarsini S, Hartjen C A
Int J Addict. 1982 Oct;17(7):1099-106. doi: 10.3109/10826088209056342.
Arrest data provide an index of public concern regarding alcohol-related activities of certain groups within a society. Any differences in these data may reflect the differences in the extent to which their conduct is viewed and reacted to as problematic behavior requiring legal control. In this paper we compare the official statistics regarding alcohol arrest data of adults and juveniles in the United States, India in general, and a "dry" Indian state, Tamil Nadu. The United States, India, and Tamil Nadu are similar in that the proportion of juveniles arrested for alcohol-related convictions compared to juveniles arrested for all offenses is about the same (i.e., 8%). But proportionately more of the young people, compared with adults, in the United States are subjected to arrest for liquor law violations, although a greater proportion of adults, compared to juveniles, are arrested for public drunkenness. In India generally, and Tamil Nadu in particular, juvenile vis-à-vis adult arrests for liquor law offenses are equal to their proportions in the population. That is, in contrast to India, alcohol law enforcement in the United States is specifically directed at regulating the drinking behavior of young people.
逮捕数据提供了一个社会中公众对某些群体与酒精相关活动的关注指标。这些数据中的任何差异可能反映出其行为被视为有问题行为并需要法律控制的程度差异。在本文中，我们比较了美国、印度整体以及印度一个“禁酒”邦泰米尔纳德邦关于成年人和青少年酒精逮捕数据的官方统计。美国、印度和泰米尔纳德邦的相似之处在于，因与酒精相关定罪而被捕的青少年与因所有罪行被捕的青少年的比例大致相同（即8%）。但是，与成年人相比，在美国因违反酒类法律而被捕的年轻人比例相对更高，尽管与青少年相比，因公众醉酒被捕的成年人比例更大。在印度整体，特别是在泰米尔纳德邦，青少年相对于成年人因酒类法律犯罪被捕的比例与他们在人口中的比例相等。也就是说，与印度不同，美国的酒精执法特别针对规范年轻人的饮酒行为。
