Background Alcohol-related aggression and violence are a widespread cause of personal
suffering with high socioeconomic costs. In 2011, nearly one in three violent acts in Germany …

Alcohol has been associated with violent crimes and domestic violence across many
nations. Various etiological factors were linked to chronic alcohol use and violence including …

Rationale Violence and drug use are significant public health challenges that are strongly
linked. It is known that alcohol plays a major role in the causation of unnatural deaths and …

Alcohol-related violence is a serious and common social problem. Moreover, violent
behaviour is much more common in alcohol-dependent individuals. Animal experiments and …

Simple Summary Aggression can be viewed as any form of behavior, such as physical or
verbal, that is intended to cause harm or injury to another living being. This form of behavior …

Although alcohol consumption is linked to increased aggression, its neural correlates have
not directly been studied in humans so far. Based on a comprehensive neurobiological …

For a substance that persists in being so easy to obtain and so heavily marketed, it is
nothing short of a worldwide tragedy that alcohol intoxication is involved in a …

Intoxicated aggression is both a dangerous and a costly problem for society, with alcohol
being involved in over 50% of violent crimes, and the cost of alcohol-consumption-related …

The present paper, however, is concerned only with empirical studies that focus specifically
on alcohol-related aggressive behavior among humans. This focus excludes the following …

Aims Is alcohol related causally to violence, and if so, is the effect of drinking contingent on
suppressed anger such that it is strongest among individuals who are highly inclined to …