Alcohol is a factor in many assaults, and controlling its availability could have a significant part to play, as the findings in Bogota suggest. In the United Kingdom, a pilot study on stronger enforcement of existing rules showed that assaults could be reduced in a very cost-effective way, with the benefits outweighing the costs by 17 to one.
酒精是众多袭击事件的罪魁祸首，波哥大的结果显示控制其泛滥程度可以在很大程度上控制谋杀。英国有关加强执行现行规则的试点研究表明能够以高成本效益的方式减少袭击事件，其中收益与成本的比例高达17：1。