TY - JOUR T1 - Firearms, alcohol and crime: convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and other alcohol-related crimes and risk for future criminal activity among authorised purchasers of handguns JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 68 LP - 72 DO - 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042181 VL - 24 IS - 1 AU - Garen J Wintemute AU - Mona A Wright AU - Alvaro Castillo-Carniglia AU - Aaron Shev AU - Magdalena Cerdá Y1 - 2018/02/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/24/1/68.abstract N2 - Firearm violence frequently involves alcohol, but there are no studies of misuse of alcohol and risk for future violence among firearm owners. We examined the association between prior convictions for alcohol-related crimes, chiefly driving under the influence (DUI), and risk of subsequent arrest among 4066 individuals who purchased handguns in California in 1977. During follow-up through 1991, 32.8% of those with prior alcohol-related convictions and 5.7% of those with no prior criminal history were arrested for a violent or firearm-related crime; 15.9% and 2.7%, respectively, were arrested for murder, rape, robbery or aggravated assault. Prior alcohol-related convictions were associated with a fourfold to fivefold increase in risk of incident arrest for a violent or firearm-related crime, a relative increase greater than that seen for age, sex or prior violence. Prior convictions for alcohol-related crime may be an important predictor of risk for future criminal activity among purchasers of firearms. ER -