(05-24-2019 10:07 AM)HyperDuke Wrote: This article from 4 years ago states that WVU police reported reduced incidents after 2010 when they introduced general alcohol sales. It's not that clean-cut though, because WVU instituted the sales at the same time that they banned leaving at halftime & returning. So there's data, but it's dirty data.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/sport...ginia.html
Interesting. I did find a case study of an unidentified P5 conference in the midwest that shows incidents dipper for 1 year and then shot up. The study is from 2018 and they mention the WVU findings in this study.
In addition to providing large sums of money for the Athletic Department, Oliver Luck asserted providing alcohol in their stadium resulted in a 30% decrease in alcohol-related incidents.16 Novy-Williams E. Football beer taps add safety, $700,000 to West Virginia University sports. Bloomberg.
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], , [Google Scholar] evaluated 26 Division I-A college football programs and found the game day host communities experienced drastic increases in alcohol-related offenses and arrests, including vandalism and assault cases. In examining “Campus Safety and Security Data” West Virginia University reported to the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) that spanned pre and postalcohol stadium sales policy, researchers documented a clear upward trend in alcohol-related (a) noncampus arrest, and (b) arrests on public property, once the policy to allow sales of alcohol at the campus stadium was implemented.10 Barry AE, Howell SM, Salaga S. Tapping into college football: the need for research examining the impact of stadium alcohol sales on drinking behaviors and incidents. J Alcohol Drug Educ. 2015;59(2):7–11. [Google Scholar] That said, it should be noted that incidents reported to the USDOE represent alleged criminal offenses reported to campus and local law enforcement and should ultimately be considered annual estimates that are macro in nature. Due to these constraints, USDOE campus safety and security data cannot be temporally linked to specific events, such as a football game. Thus, more nuanced data that is (a) linked in time and place to when football contests are played, and (b) objectively documented, are needed to provide important context to this policy decision. To date, very few studies have examined alcohol consumption and associated behavioral outcomes among colleges and universities that have enacted an alcohol sales policy in their football stadiums. Even less attention has been devoted to studying trends over the course of several football seasons (pre and postpolicy) while simultaneously accounting for important game day factors, such as whether the opponent is a traditional rival.
For the period of 2009–2013, there was a general upward trend in crime incidents over time. Documented offenses were highest in 2013, 1 year after alcohol sales were allowed at the campus stadium (see Figure 1). On average, 330 total crime incidents occurred on home football game weekends during years in which alcohol was not sold at the campus stadium (2009–2011). Crime incidents on home football game weekends during years alcohol was sold at the campus stadium (2012–2013) averaged 475 annually.
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It is a fairly limited case study though.