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Alcohol, Nightclubs, and College Students: A Lethal Cocktail

Drugs and alcohol are the most common than its share of violent acts against
substances abused by teenagers. young women after a night on the town. An
Alcoholism, also know as alcohol examination of recent crime statistics
dependence, has symptoms such as craving, shows that New York City is at its safest
loss of control, loss of memory, physical in recent memory. However, the discovery
dependence, and increasing tolerance. of another dead student suggests that it
Approximately, 10 million current is not very safe for young women drinking
drinkers are under the age of 21, about 4 in nightclubs and bars late at night.This
million are binge drinkers; including 2 latest victim of New York City night life
million who are heavy drinkers all of is Jennifer Moore, 18-year old, of
them are between the ages of 16-21 years Harrington Park, New Jersey. Jennifer
old.One in three college students now Moore was murdered just five months after
drinks solely to get drunk. About 30% of a female graduate student went missing
women in college reported poor grades after leaving a popular bar in SoHo. The
with the increased use of alcohol and student, Imette St. Guillen 24, had been
drugs, and 60% of college women diagnosed drinking alone, in a bar called the
with a sexually transmitted disease Falls, until closing time. Her naked body
contacted while they were drunk.The was discovered the next day wrapped in a
absence of ongoing oversight by parents quilt in a swampy area near Belt Parkway
and caretakers offers college students in Brooklyn New York. Darryl Littlejohn
the freedom to makes choices, develop 41, a bouncer employed at the Falls a
personality, and to engage in social career criminal, had been charged with
experiment. These are all natural and the murder. Draymond Coleman, 34, another
necessary path to adulthood. However, the career criminal, and a pimp is accused of
road to adulthood also create an beating and strangling Jennifer Moore to
environment that is susceptible to crime death inside a Weekhawken hotel. Her body
and victimization. Which may include was found in a trash bin in a parking
opportunity for drug and alcohol abuse, lot, in a squalid area in New Jersey
sexual assault, and hate crimes all across the Hudson River, West New
common on today's college campuses and York.Further research and we find other
the surrounding communities.Statistics cases of similar circumstances involving
that support the wide-spread use and alcohol and the murder of young women.
abuse of alcohol by teenagers and college Last October, Tabitha Perez, a 24 year
students are readily available. This is old saleswoman from the Bronx, was shot
also true for alcohol-related crimes and and killed outside the Viva a bar in
anti-social behaviors on college campuses upper Manhattan. In April, a 21- year-old
across the nation. However, statistics on woman from Newark, New Jersey, Jessica
crimes against college students, Martinez, was struck by a car while
especially women, off campus are not so crossing the West Side Highway after
available. In many large urban cities leaving a nearby nightclub where she had
bars and nightclubs are increasing at a been drinking. Another New Jersey college
very rapid pace; and their economic student, Mark Fisher, 19, was killed in
survival depends successfully reaching 2003 after a night of partying in
out to the younger patrons, including Manhattan and Brooklyn, ending with him
college students. These establishments alone among strangers, two of whom were
act as a magnet for many college students convicted in the robbery and
who find them more attracted than the murder.According to recent studies, New
traditional college hing-out. The problem York City has been under the spotlight
is that many of these nightspots are due to a sharp increase in bars and
hunting grounds for hard-core criminals, nightclubs, but a greater number of
pimps and predators seeking susceptible homicides occur in other boroughs.
and available victims, especially those Shootings on Saturday nights outside
under the influence of alcohol.A recent nightclubs in less affluent neighborhoods
study showed that intoxicated people are in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is a
more vulnerable to violent crime because regular occurrence.Andrew Karmen, a
they exhibit more risk-taking behaviors. sociology professor at John Jay College
For example, they are more likely to go of Criminal Justice, said that "the drug
out alone at night, visit places where most implicated with violence is
violence is most likely to occur, and alcohol." Being under the influence of
intoxicated individuals have impaired alcohol has been shown numerous times to
cognitive problem-solving abilities. In raise the risk of being either a victim
other words, these individuals will go or an offender.Dr. William Smith is a
places and things that they sober peers psychologist and personal consultant with
would not do; or they would not do when over 30 years experience working with
sober.While doing the research for this groups and individuals. Dr. Smith had
article, the local television news many successes working, online, with
station announced that the police had Adult Children of Alcoholic, Survivors of
recover the body of the college student Incest, and other Sexual Trauma,
who was reported missing, three days ago Relationship Problems...Including all
after a night of drinking at a popular forms of quality of life issues. If you
New York City nightclub. In the past few have a very personal issue that you feel
years New York City seems to have more professional consultation is needed...Dr.




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