Tinesha Deleston
2/25/13
Soc100-148


The reason why chapter two and the article, Association Is Not Causation: Alcohol and other Drugs Do Not Cause Violence written by Richard J. Gelles and Mary M. Cavanaugh are similar is because they both have something to do with researching for a topic and how you go about researching for a topic step by step. This article specifically talks about the argument on weather or not alcohol and drugs leads to family abuse. There has been evidence, research, experiments, test, and surveys done, stating weather or not this is true. Everyone believed that alcohol and drugs was the main reason why there had been so many reports on abuse going on in families. After everything was said and done, everyone found out that this theory was false. In fact the real reason was the influence of substance on the likelihood of violence is mediated by social factors, such as income, education, and occupation; cultural factors, such as attitudes about violence, drugs, alcohol, and the effects of alcohol; and personality factors. In other words these main factors are why we hear about abuse in families. Alcohol and drugs just makes the person more agitated by these issues. As you can see alcohol and drugs are no longer the reason why there's abuse among families, being that this is a proven fact I now have a different perspective on this situation.