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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for alcohol abuse (u.k.)
5 results foundAuthor: Watt, Kerrianne Title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Alcohol Brief Intervention for Violent Offenders in a Magistrates' Court Summary: This randomised controlled trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of administering an alcohol brief intervention in reducing alcohol misuse among violent offenders, as well as reducing alcohol-related harms. Details: Cardiff, Wales: Violence Research Group, Cardiff University, 2005(?). 38p., app. Source: Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 113776 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Violent Offenders |
Author: Hadfield, Phil Title: Lost Orders?: Law Enforcement and Alcohol in England and Wales Summary: Alcohol misuse is generally recognised as being a significant problem in the UK and is associated with various types of social and health harms. Laws are in place to discourage alcohol misuse and thus minimise these harms. These include, for example, laws designed to prevent drunkenness and drinking by under-18s. The laws in question may apply to the drinker or to those that supply the alcohol. In respect of one form of alcohol misuse, drink-driving, effective law enforcement combined with sustained educational campaigning is believed to have been responsible for a positive transformation in attitudes and behaviour during the late 20th century. This suggests that effective enforcement of relevant laws may be a necessary requirement if UK society is to achieve positive attitudes and behaviour concerning alcohol consumption more generally. The question is whether those laws, particularly in relation to drunkenness and drinking among under-18s, are being enforced effectively and, if not, how this might be achieved. This research examines whether the laws in the UK relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol are 'fit for purpose' and are being effectively enforced. If not, what is preventing their effective enforcement? Details: London: Portman Group, 2011. 55p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 15, 2011 at: http://www.portmangroup.org.uk/assets/documents/Law%20Enforcement%20and%20Alcohol%20in%20England%20and%20Wales,%20Measham%20and%20Hadfield%202011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.portmangroup.org.uk/assets/documents/Law%20Enforcement%20and%20Alcohol%20in%20England%20and%20Wales,%20Measham%20and%20Hadfield%202011.pdf Shelf Number: 123358 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Law EnforcementAlcohol Related Crime, DisorderDrunkenness |
Author: Templeton, Lorna Title: Think Family Safely: Enhancing the Response of Alcohol Services to Domestic Abuse and Families Summary: Alcohol misuse and domestic violence are strongly correlated, but significant gaps remain in effective working between the alcohol and domestic violence sectors. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, the three year Embrace Project (2008-2011) was set up to develop and evaluate a new model of good practice for alcohol services, to raise awareness of these overlapping issues at a national level, and to develop resources and learning which can be disseminated across the alcohol, domestic abuse and family sectors. This is the final evaluation report for the Embrace Project. The external evaluation offers a broad, independent evaluation of work of the Embrace Team, the work at the nine pilot sites, and the extent to which the Embrace project achieved a wider dissemination of the Embrace model. This final report covers the full period of the project and is based on a range of data collected during that time. This includes documentary evidence, qualitative data collected by the Embrace Team, 31 interviews conducted for the external evaluation, case studies submitted by the pilot sites, and evaluation data collected by the Embrace Team from the Can of Worms training events. Details: London: Alcohol Concern, 2011. 45p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 2, 2012 at: http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/assets/files/Embrace/Yr%203%20Eval%20report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/assets/files/Embrace/Yr%203%20Eval%20report.pdf Shelf Number: 124350 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Treatment ProgramsAlcoholismDomestic Violence |
Author: Newton, Andrew Title: Evaluation of Licensing Act: Measuring Crime and Disorder in and around Licensed Premises Summary: The Licensing Act 2003 (hereafter referred to as the Act), which came into effect on 24th November 2005, represented a major change to the sale of alcohol in England and Wales, by potentially allowing licensed premises to sell alcohol for up to 24 hours, 7 days per week. The introduction of the Act brought with it a range of additional measures. These included an expansion of police powers to close areas or particular premises, specific offences relating to the sale of alcohol to children and a new mechanism for reviewing the granting of licenses that takes into account crime prevention, public safety public nuisance and child protection. The rationale behind the Act was that by removing fixed and artificially early closing times, the numbers of people exiting licensed premises would be dispersed over a longer time period. The expectation was that this would reduce binge drinking, violent behaviour, damage to property and disorder. At the same time, concerns were voiced that the Act would lead to greater alcohol consumption, increased levels of violence and more pressure on accident and emergency units. In October 2005, the Applied Criminology Centre (ACC) at the University of Huddersfield was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the legislation on changes in crime and disorder. The study examined baseline conditions and subsequent change occurring in the town centres of five case study areas, namely, Blackpool, Birmingham, Croydon, Guildford and Nottingham. The overall aims of the research were to provide a baseline indicator of levels of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises, and to examine the impact of the Act on patterns of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises, in each of the five case study areas. A number of specific research questions were formulated to guide this research. These were as follows: • What patterns of crime and disorder exist in and around licensed premises? • What other local factors may explain the prevalence of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises? • Has the introduction of the Act, and the granting of additional opening hours to licensed premises, led to a change in violence and disorder at these licensed premises? • Have overall levels of crime and disorder within town and city centres changed following the Act? • Have the peaks of crime and disorder displaced to later or earlier periods? • Has the profile of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises and associated ‘hot spots’ changed in relation to venues with additional opening hours? • Has the Act resulted in unintended consequences such as geographical displacement or diffusion of benefits to surrounding areas? Details: Huddersfield, UK: University of Huddersfield, Applied Criminology Centre, 2008. 77p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 19, 2012 at: http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/display/52423 Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/display/52423 Shelf Number: 125031 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderNuisance Crimes and Disorder |
Author: Fitzpatrick, Rob Title: A label for exclusion: Support of alcohol-misusing offenders Summary: The development of alcohol interventions for offenders is a challenging area with implications for both health and criminal justice agencies. Effective responses are complicated by the fact that, unlike drugs, the use of alcohol is both legal and widely socially sanctioned and that there are complex links between alcohol misuse and offending. Nevertheless, the misuse of alcohol has major implications for public health, mental wellbeing, community safety and reoffending, as well as costs to wider society. This policy paper identifies areas and practical examples of how, in a changing and uncertain policy and commissioning landscape, the joint commissioning and delivery of alcohol interventions for offenders in the community might be productively developed. It is intended to be read by all who are responsible for the commissioning or delivery of alcohol services whether from health, criminal justice or other agencies. The paper has been produced in partnership with the Department of Health South West and based on extensive interviews and focus groups with commissioners, managers, front line workers and the users of services within the South West, with input from central policy leads within the National Offender Management Service, the Department of Health, the Ministry of Justice and other specialist national agencies. Details: London: Centre for Mental Health, 2010. 20p. Source: Centre for Mental Health Policy Paper: Internet Resource: Accessed May 8, 2012 at http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pdfs/label_for_exclusion.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pdfs/label_for_exclusion.pdf Shelf Number: 125206 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderAnti-Social BehaviorIntervention Programs (U.K.) |