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6 Politics 0 Policy Vol. 32 No.4 a county, and whether the county is a Delta county.] County size and the number ofhighway miles in a county are expected to have a positive impact on arrests and crashes because more automobile traffic will likely take place. Finally, the geographic significance ofthe Delta is that due to its proximity to the Mississippi River, the land there is flat, while land in the rest ofthe state is often hilly or mountainous. Thus, we expect fewer crashes in Delta counties. In order to assess the inclusion of these independent policy and control variables, we use a multivariate model ofstatistical analysis. 2 Methodology In this study we consider 74 of75 Arkansas counties. We drop from our analysis Pulasld County, home to Little Rock and 350,418 residents because it is the only urban county in a predominantly rural state and it has had a skewing effect on data analysis. Data analyzed in this study were collected by the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University ofArkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and titled, "Risk Factors forAdolescent Drug andAlcohol Abuse in Arkansas." These data were collected for use by the Arkansas Department of Health, Bureau ofAlcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and consider juveniles as those between the ages of 10 and 17 and adults as those who are older than 18 years. Drug-related arrests for juveniles and adults are based on violations such as possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing ofillegal drugs. Alcohol-related arrests are basedon such violations as driving under the influence (DUI), liquor law violations, and public drunkenness. Population data were compiled by Demographic Research, Institute for Economic Advancement at UALR and the number ofpolice were compiled from data collected by the Arkansas Crime Information Center (1997). Alcohol Policy and Arrest Rates The first stage of analysis is a repl ication of Grossman's (1997) study. Here we analyze arrest rates in the 74 rural counties ofArkansas. Data are transfonned, in line with Grossman's study, to reflect arrests per 1,000 people, and in the case ofjuvenile arrests, per 1,000 ofthose aged 10-17. Departing from Grossman, we consider four variables:juvenile drug arrests, juvenile alcohol arrests, adult drug arrests, and adult alcohol arrests. An analysis of descriptive statistics, illustrated in Figure I, reveals that juvenile alcohol and drug arrest rates are significantly lower than adult alcohol arrests and slightly lower than adult drug arrest rates, as can be expected
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