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17 results foundAuthor: Great Britain. Rail Safety and Standards Board Title: Managing Alcohol Risks to Personal Security on the Railway: A Good Practice Guide Summary: This good practice guide focuses on techniques that the rail industry could deploy to manage the risk represented by the contribution of alcohol to passenger and staff safety and personal. Details: London: RSSB, 2010. 70p. Source: Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 118375 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Passenger SafetyTransit CrimeTransit Safety |
Author: 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: Forsyth, Alasdair J.M. Title: Assessing the Relationships Between Late Night Drinks Marketing and Alcohol-Related Disorder in Public Space Summary: In recent years there has been growing concern voiced about an apparent rise in alcohol-related public disorder or ‘binge drinking’ within the weekend night-time economy in the UK. This research takes the barroom participant observation method into the UK nightclub sector, that is late night (post-midnight) drinking venues. This is a sector of the night-time economy where alcohol-related disorder is already evident and where such problems seem likely to become more salient with the current trend towards later licensing. In doing so it is intended to develop the observational method in order to advance its usefulness as part of a disorder risk tool kit for appropriate agencies such as the police, licensing boards, researchers and the drinks industry itself, indeed to all those with a vested interest in reducing alcohol-related harm. Details: Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for the Study of Violence, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2006. 124p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 19, 2010 at: http://www.aerc.org.uk/documents/pdfs/finalReports/AERC_FinalReport_0031.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.aerc.org.uk/documents/pdfs/finalReports/AERC_FinalReport_0031.pdf Shelf Number: 110738 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Nuisance Behaviors and Disorders |
Author: Great Britain. Home Office Title: Alcohol Arrest Referral: A Guide to Setting Up Schemes Summary: This document has been produced to assist commissioners of services e.g. Drug and Alcohol Action teams (DAATs) and project teams who are considering establishing or further developing Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) schemes. Arrest referral is a term generally used to describe the process of engaging in terms of a brief intervention with a detained person in a police custody suite and facilitating their referral into treatment or some other diversionary channel. This is typically done by conducting a brief intervention with the offender. Alcohol Arrest Referral schemes specifically look at individuals committing alcohol related offending and so are quite different from interventions designed to improve the health of an individual. This guidance provides a summary of some of the issues that have been identified in the Home Office Alcohol Arrest Referral pilot schemes that have been established primarily to examine the effectiveness of brief interventions in a criminal justice setting. Equally, and no less importantly, it also includes some of the experiences drawn from other locally funded projects that try to deliver a broader range of intervention. Details: London: Home Office, 2009. 59p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 19, 2011 at: http://ranzetta.typepad.com/files/arr-ho-guidance-09.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://ranzetta.typepad.com/files/arr-ho-guidance-09.pdf Shelf Number: 121403 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.) |
Author: Harkins, Corinne Title: Evaluation of the Use of Alcohol Treatment Requirements and Alcohol Activity Requirements for Offenders in Cheshire Summary: Alcohol misuse is strongly related to crime and disorder including domestic abuse, anti-social behaviour, public disorder, sexual assault and road traffic accidents. Reducing alcohol-related offending and re-offending is a national government priority. In order to address such issues, Alcohol Activity Requirements (AARs) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATRs) were introduced by Cheshire Probation Trust. AARs are aimed at those whose alcohol use is linked to their offending and are drinking above the recommended weekly limits. They form a structured package of extended brief interventions to provide offenders with a better understanding of alcohol, and to help them develop strategies to reduce consumption. The intervention is delivered by trained probation staff over a period of up to two months. Offenders are eligible for an AAR if they score 16-19 on AUDIT and their level of drinking is presenting a risk to their health or behaviour. The ATR provides a tailored treatment programme. It can consist of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, education and preparation for medical detoxification. It is usually delivered by local treatment services such as Alcohol and Drug Services over six months to two years. Offenders would be eligible for an ATR if they scored 20 or more on AUDIT and were either moderately or severely dependent on alcohol. Cheshire Probation Trust commissioned the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, to evaluate the impact of AARs and ATRs on offenders in Cheshire. Details: Liverpool: Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 2011. 29p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 6, 2011 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=721 Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=721 Shelf Number: 122664 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.) |
Author: Derby Community Safety Partnership Title: Derbyshire's Alcohol Diversion Scheme Evaluation: Tackling the Binge Drinking Culture, March 2010 - April 2011 Summary: The Alcohol Diversion Scheme was created to deliver an effective brief intervention within a prevention model achieving behaviour and attitude change towards alcohol consumption with binge drinkers. The primary target group is young people 18-25. Derbyshire Constabulary have to be congratulated on their vision in developing a multi layered approach to their alcohol strategy. This scheme has demonstrated significant success in engaging this group. Arrest referral in Derbyshire predominantly delivers brief interventions to no-chronic drinkers. Only 180 of the 1500 clients they see are referred to treatment. The ADS achieves success in engaging the young binge drinking population. The success is built on the premise that binge drinkers are able to exercise relative control over their consumption and believe harm is related only to chronic drinking problems. Where this scheme demonstrates success it further evidences innovative thinking, complex integrated working practices with Derbyshire Constabulary result in a simple route to engage binge drinkers with an educational programme achieving behaviour and attitude change. The scheme is unique with its engagement technique; individuals issued with a fixed penalty notice £80 are enticed onto an educational programme for half the price £40. Their motivation for engagement is to save £40; it has nothing to do with seeking advice or information on alcohol use, however once engaged the educational programme built on a cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) foundation achieves the aims and objectives. Behaviour and attitude change has repeatedly been proven. Where this scheme again demonstrates innovation is the financing. The scheme requires only set up costs. Once established Druglink assertively market the scheme to all individuals issued with a PND, their attendance finances the cost of embedding the intervention. The scheme is not dependent on an annual grant. Druglink manage the data transfer, marketing ,booking and delivery, it has a robust performance management and quality assessment framework. It is this internal driving mechanism which pre dates the Government’s current thinking around social engagement and payment on success; in this case the offender is paying, not the Public Purse, success provides a self sustainable intervention accessing a significant population at high levels of risk associated with health and offending. The cost of alcohol misuse to the Public purse is damaging , NHS is in excess of £2.5 billion, crime and public disorder £7.3 billion, £6.4 billion in the workplace and an unquantifiable amount to social and family networks. The Derbyshire Alcohol Diversion scheme was launched in March 2010, during the past year 97 individuals completed 13 courses, 82% were male, 55% were under 25 of which 37% were aged 18-21. 78% had been a victim of alcohol related violence, 88% had been involved in an alcohol related physical altercation. One of the learning outcomes of the course is the significance of receiving an alcohol related PND and potential consequences. Following the course 98% believed they would receive a conviction possibly resulting in a custodial sentence for a subsequent alcohol related offence. Prior to attending the course they viewed their PND as inconsequential as a parking ticket. 96% stated they now understood the link between alcohol and their offending, 39% reported they had previously knowingly driven a car whilst under the influence of alcohol; post course no such incidents were reported. Other learning outcomes include the physical and psychological harms of alcohol—98% reported the course had significantly increased their knowledge of the harms and dangers associated with binge drinking. Experimentation with alcohol occurred most commonly 59% between 13-15 years old with 53% of this age group experiencing alcohol intoxication for the first time. The average alcohol consumption pre course was 36 units per week, this was reduced to 15 post course, well within the Government’s safe drinking guidelines (21 units weekly for a man and 14 units weekly for a woman). Frequency of drinking pre course was 4 days a week; this was halved post course to two days a week. There was a total of 84 alcohol related admissions to A&E pre course; post course there were zero admissions. 66% had an alcohol related sexual encounter one night stand, 38% had accessed the GUM clinic and 13% has been treated for an STI. Post course there were no reported one night stands. The scheme compliments local alcohol strategies, effectively engaging binge drinkers and delivering meaningful behaviour and attitude change, resulting in significant health and offending improvements. Currently this is the only effective model for engaging young binge drinkers that evidences reduction on consumption and frequency in consumption it provides an innovative technique employing sophisticated learning tools. During the last decade we are seeing chronic drinkers in their thirties and late twenties , a decade previous they were in their forties. If we are to redress this deeply concerning trend we must engage young binge drinkers with a prevention model. The Alcohol Diversion Scheme achieves this objective. The scheme appears simple on the surface, however there are sophisticated monitoring and data transfer processes which maintain the consistency of the learning process ensuring careful management of PNDs within the CJS. Details: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, UK: Druglink, 2011. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 12, 2011 at: http://www.druglink.co.uk/Uploads/Editor/Shared%20Folders/file/Download%20PDF%20Evaluation%20of%20Derbyshire%20Alcohol%20Diversion%20Scheme.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.druglink.co.uk/Uploads/Editor/Shared%20Folders/file/Download%20PDF%20Evaluation%20of%20Derbyshire%20Alcohol%20Diversion%20Scheme.pdf Shelf Number: 122723 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Alcohol Treatment ProgramsBinge Drinking |
Author: Barton, Adrian Title: Screening and Brief Intervention in the Charles Cross Custody Suite - Final Report Summary: Inappropriate and problematic use of alcohol by sections of the population which leads to alcohol related crime and disorder is acknowledged as being a major and growing problem in the UK. In response, the government has launched two sets of initiatives each with different aims. One set are aimed at the drinkers themselves and seek to change behaviour and the other set are criminal justice led and aimed at using the criminal justice agencies to address alcohol related crime and disorder. One such example is the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaigns (AMEC). Whilst police led campaigns have delivered some success they tend to prioritize a situational approach to the problem and ignore the individual and motivational aspect of the hazardous and harmful use of alcohol. This is to be expected as very few police forces or police officers are trained or equipped to offer advice about harmful or hazardous drinking to individuals. Moreover, in the context in which schemes such as AMEC are delivered there is little scope for the officers to meaningfully engage with problem drinkers at a level which they can address motivation – indeed it is often the case that police officers and hazardous and harmful drinkers will be in conflict when they meet. However, as the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) has demonstrated the criminal justice system can be a very effective vehicle through which substance mis-users can access information and treatment and this, in part, led to the development of the Screening and Brief Intervention programme (SBI) being piloted in Plymouth. Details: Plymouth, UK: University of Plymouth, 2008. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 17, 2012 at http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/SSB/Alchohol%20Intervention%20final%20report.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/files/extranet/docs/SSB/Alchohol%20Intervention%20final%20report.pdf Shelf Number: 124151 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Police Behavior |
Author: McCracken, Katie Title: Evaluation of Alcohol Arrest Referral Pilot Schemes (Phase 2) Summary: Occasional Paper 102 presents findings from an evaluation of the second phase Alcohol Arrest Referral pilots which operated between 2008 and 2010 in eight police forces. Brief interventions to tackle alcohol-related offending were offered to adults, arrested and deemed to be under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol is frequently involved in violent offences; victims believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol in 44 per cent of all violent incidents (Chaplin et al., 2011) and it is estimated that alcohol-related crime costs the economy of England and Wales between £8 billion and £13 billion per year (Home Office, 2010). Research has consistently shown links between crime and disorder, ‘binge’ drinking and the night-time economy (Allen et al., 2003; Hobbs et al., 2003; Matthews and Richardson, 2005). Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilots were first introduced by the Home Office in 2007 in four police forces in England as a means of tackling the link between alcohol and offending, in particular in the night-time economy. A second phase of pilots started in in eight new police force areas in November 2008 and was funded until September 2010. The pilots built upon positive evidence from healthcare settings, which found that brief interventions helped to reduce alcohol consumption. The aim was to see whether this benefit could extend to a criminal justice setting and specifically, be used to also reduce re-offending. AAR involves offering a brief intervention to individuals arrested and deemed by a police officer to be under the influence of alcohol. An AAR intervention typically involves one brief intervention session with an AAR worker, but, in some cases ‘follow-up’ sessions are offered. The majority of interventions were delivered on a voluntary basis, with first sessions tending to be held in custody settings. This report presents findings from an evaluation of the second phase of AAR schemes. The evaluation took place between March 2009 and June 2010, and includes a six month follow-up of clients (until December 2010). The main aims of the evaluation were: to analyse the profile of those engaged by the schemes; to establish whether alcohol interventions had an effect on re-offending rates; to provide evidence on the cost effectiveness of the schemes; to seek evidence of any change in alcohol consumption and wellbeing indicators for those receiving alcohol interventions; to identify implementation and delivery lessons that can be applied to any future AAR schemes. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 74p. Source: Occasional Paper 102: Internet Resource: Accessed March 9, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ102?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ102?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124405 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Blakeborough, Laura Title: Summary of findings from two evaluations of Home Office Alcohol Arrest Referral pilot schemes Summary: Alcohol Arrest Referral (AAR) pilot schemes were set up to test whether providing brief alcohol interventions in a criminal justice setting could impact on re-offending. Two phases of Home Office-funded AAR pilots were set up across 12 police forces in total over the period October 2007 to September 2010. Both phases were evaluated separately using similar methodological approaches. This report provides a summary of the key findings from the two evaluations, focusing mainly on the combined results for schemes within each of the two phases of pilots. Stand-alone, more detailed reports for each phase are available on the Home Office website (phase one: http:// www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-researchstatistics/ research-statistics/crime-research/occ101, phase two: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/scienceresearch- statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/ occ102) and they include further breakdowns of analyses by scheme and other variables. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 13p. Source: Research Report 60: Internet Resource: Accessed March 9, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/horr60?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/horr60?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124406 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Kennedy, Alistair Title: Evaluation of Alcohol Arrest Referral Pilot Schemes (Phase 1) Summary: Brief interventions have been used with some success in the health sector and the National Alcohol Strategy identified arrest referral as another means of reaching harmful and hazardous drinkers. Brief interventions are not homogenous but are typically characterised by their length. They are a means of helping people identify harmful and hazardous drinking patterns and they establish ways of reducing alcohol intake through techniques such as motivational interviewing. The Home Office commissioned four Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAATs), in areas suffering high levels of alcohol-related crime and disorder, to run pilot alcohol arrest referral (AAR) schemes using brief interventions for 12 months from October 2007 to October 2008. The pilots aimed to reduce harmful and hazardous drinking and reduce re-offending by targeting individuals arrested for alcohol-related offences. Clients were identified within custody suites and referred to alcohol workers for a brief alcohol intervention. Three of the schemes delivered the interventions in the custody suite, although two of these had originally planned to deliver interventions in the community – the change in approach being necessary to increase the number of referrals. The fourth scheme relied heavily on Conditional Bail to encourage attendance and was more successful in delivering interventions away from the custody suite. The evaluation sought to test the aims of the pilots as well as learning lessons about the delivery and implementation of AAR and the cost-effectiveness of the schemes. This report presents the evaluation findings based on: interviews with people involved in delivering the interventions and a cross-section of clients; observing the delivery of interventions and comparing this against best practice in motivational interviewing; analysing data collected by the schemes on Alcohol Intervention Records1 (AIRs) about clients. Follow-up AIRs were also used to determine the impact of the interventions on alcohol consumption; assessing the impact on re-offending by comparing the change in the arrest rate for clients receiving the intervention to a retrospective matched comparison group from within the same police area; and analysing the cost of delivering the interventions and using this to conduct a break even analysis. Details: London: Home Office, 2012. 67p. Source: Occasional Paper 101: Internet Resource: Accessed March 14, 2012 at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ101?view=Binary Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/occ101?view=Binary Shelf Number: 124551 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Evaluative StudiesIntervention Programs (U.K.)Re-Offending (U.K.) |
Author: Jones, Lisa Title: The Economic and Social Costs of Alcohol-Related Harm in Leeds 2008-09 Summary: Alcohol plays an important role in society, being consumed by the majority of adults and making an important contribution to the economy. However, the consumption of alcohol has health and social consequences borne both by individuals and their families, and by the wider community - the cost of alcohol in Leeds to the NHS alone has been estimated to be in excess of £20 million per year. The purpose of this report is to present estimates of the wider economic and social costs of alcohol-related harm in Leeds. Identifying the costs of alcohol-related harm is essential in informing decision-making across government and multi-agency partners regarding alcohol policy, investment in and commissioning of alcohol interventions at a regional and local level, and at an individual level, influencing lifestyle behaviour. Using cost of illness methodology this report attempts to identify and quantify, in economic terms, the impact of alcohol-related harm in Leeds through expenditure on: • The costs of health and social care for people with alcohol-related ill health, including services provided by NHS Leeds and Leeds City Council; • Criminal justice system costs for alcohol-specific and alcohol-related crimes; • The costs of productivity losses in the workplace due to absenteeism, reduced productivity and premature mortality; and • An estimate of the intangible or human costs, representing the wider impacts of premature death. Alcohol also makes an important contribution to the economy, for example through the key role it plays within the leisure and tourist industry, and the report considers the contribution that the production, distribution and sale of alcohol makes to the Leeds economy. The methods used to estimate the economic and social costs of alcohol-related harm in Leeds were based on approaches used in other costing studies, in particular those related to alcohol misuse. These methods aim to identify and measure all costs related to alcohol misuse, including the direct costs, indirect costs in the form of production losses, and intangible or ‘human’ costs. Estimates of the economic and social costs of alcohol-related harm in Leeds in 2008/09 totalled £438.0 million across the four categories as follows: Health and social care; Criminal justice system; Workplace and lost productivity; and Wider social and economic costs. Details: Liverpool: Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010. 76p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 11, 2012 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=713 Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/showPublication.aspx?pubid=713 Shelf Number: 125985 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Costs of CrimeCosts of Criminal Justice |
Author: Moore, Simon Title: A Multi-Agency Community-Based Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Cardiff City Centre Summary: This project’s purpose was the reduction of alcohol-related harm in Cardiff city centre through a sustainable community-based intervention. The project developed existing methodologies (Holder 2000) to examine levels of intoxication in Cardiff city centre, audit hotspot city centre locations and individual drinkers for binge drinking and disorder and to share this information with key partners. The project used three strategies to reduce alcohol-related problems in Cardiff city centre: Development and implementation of city centre and individual risk assessments (including an alcometer survey). Improvement of the regulation of licensed premises and reduction of alcohol miss-selling through feedback of risk assessments to licensees and the Cardiff Community Safety Partnership (CCSP: including the licensing committee). Provision of funded licensed premises server training to staff. Drinker and environmental surveys were carried out between the hours of 11 pm and 3am on one Friday and one Saturday each month for twelve months. Surveyors questioned and breathalysed respondents, and audited the immediate environment for evidence of disorder and risk. The project brought together licensees, South Wales Police, Cardiff Substance Misuse Action Team and Cardiff University to tackle alcohol misuse and disorder in Cardiff city centre in the context of existing, well-developed partnership activity. The project successfully engaged the local community, including bar staff, through a positive media campaign and targeted server training. The public campaign emphasised the positive aspects of Cardiff and how disorder and alcohol misuse were being successfully targeted through this and other community interventions. Details: London: Alcohol Education and Research Council, UK: 2006. 78p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 11, 2012 at: http://alcoholresearchuk.org/downloads/finalReports/AERC_FinalReport_0036.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://alcoholresearchuk.org/downloads/finalReports/AERC_FinalReport_0036.pdf Shelf Number: 125990 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Alcoholism |
Author: Smith, Chloe Title: Grippa Evaluation Trial Strategy: Iteration One Report Summary: The relationships between disorder, crime and alcohol have been widely researched and represent a complex and multifaceted set of interactions (Richardson & Budd, 2003). Several themes have emerged demonstrating associations between alcohol and assault (Mattinson, 2001); alcohol and burglary (Bennett & Wright, 1984); and, alcohol and domestic violence (Leonard, 2004). The current research deviates from this and examines associated problems in venues that sell alcohol. In particular, it considers the problem of licensed premises as what Clarke and Eck (2003) refer to as ‘risky facilities’ and what contributes to this status. In the United Kingdom, perhaps more so than other European countries, ‘public house culture’ is an ever increasing phenomena in terms of both popularity and business (Jackson et al. 2000). In terms of criminogenic characteristics, licensed premises have the clear potential to both generate crime, as large numbers of people congregate within them, and attract crime as offenders will quickly learn about venues which offer good opportunities for crime with acceptable risks of detection. In contrast to other types of locations at which people congregate, alcohol can play a contributory role in enhancing victimisation risk, lowering victims awareness of security, and potentially reducing offender’s perceptions of risk or their consideration of it. The aim of the current research was to examine the impact on crime of a crime prevention intervention implemented in a licensed environment. Before discussing the intervention, a brief review of the research literature concerned with those factors that contribute to the risk of victimisation will be presented with a particular focus on crime in bars. Details: London: Jill Dando Institute of Crime and Science University College London, 2005. 56p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 11, 2012 at: http://www.grippaclip.com/wp-content/uploads/Grippa-Phase-1-Report.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.grippaclip.com/wp-content/uploads/Grippa-Phase-1-Report.pdf Shelf Number: 125993 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Crime PreventionDesign Against CrimeRisky FacilitiesTaverns, Bars, Pubs |
Author: Edwards, Adam Title: Evaluation of the Cardiff Night-TIme Economy Co-ordinator (NTEC) Post Summary: This evaluation of the role of Night-Time Economy Co-ordinator (NTEC) for Cardiff was a requirement of funding for the NTEC post, which Cardiff Community Safety Partnership (subsequently, ‘Safer Capital’) received from the Home Office Tackling Violent Crime Programme (HOTVCP). This post was funded out of this programme in recognition of the particular problems of alcohol-related violence against the person and public disorder that have accompanied the rapid expansion of the night-time economy in Cardiff and the pressures this has placed on public health and safety in the City. The regulatory deficit created by this expansion, given the limited police resources available for controlling the consumption of alcohol, provided the initial rationale for the NTEC post. The post and the evaluation commenced in December 2007, the period of funding for the NTEC post from the HOTVCP ran until March 2009. This evaluation covers activities undertaken by the post-holder in seeking to address the regulatory deficit during this period. The evaluation had an action-research element built into it, insofar as the evaluator was invited to participate in the steering group for work undertaken by the NTEC and to help define the core objectives of this post for the duration of its funding from the HOTVCP. Four objectives were agreed amongst the steering group, which also included representatives of the regional Home Office who had commissioned both the NTEC post and its evaluation. They were: 1. Creation of a unified measurement of performance and enforcement arm for the regulation of the night-time economy (NTE); 2. Engage local authority service areas with an identifiable role in preventing or reducing violence in the NTE; 3. Establish a late-night transport system that is easily accessible and clearly sign-posted for clientele; and, 4. Enhance the surveillance capacity for reducing violence in the NTE. The conjecture underpinning these four objectives was that the regulatory deficit confronting Safer Capital could be reduced in a relatively short period of time by improving intelligence and surveillance on the concentration of violence and disorder in particular places (‘hot-spots’) and times (‘hot-times’) and by targeting measures to reduce the situational opportunities for such behaviour in these places and at these times by tasking all those agencies thought to have a role in situational crime reduction. It was agreed that the principal focus of the evaluation would be on the process of defining such objectives and assessing the progress of the NTEC in putting them into action; specifically, the possibilities for, and barriers to, co-ordinating the multiplicity of agencies whom the steering group believed could make a contribution to the reduction of violence and disorder in Cardiff’s NTE. As such, the focus of this evaluation has not been on the outcomes of multi-agency interventions on patterns of alcohol-related violence and disorder, although some inferences about this are included in Section 6 (and Appendices three, four and five). Details: Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, Cardiff University, 2012. 80p. Source: Working Paper 133: Internet Resource: Accessed August 14, 2012 at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp133.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp133.pdf Shelf Number: 126029 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Community Safety (U.K.)Evaluative Studies (U.K.)Violence Prevention (U.K.) |
Author: Williams, Nigel Title: Alcohol and Crime Summary: Alcohol impinges on crime from several directions. Some offences are defined in relation to alcohol, concerning the degree or manner of consumption permitted. Other offences are increased in frequency by the effect of alcohol on the perpetrator or, in some cases, the victim. Strategies to reduce alcohol-related crime can attempt to alter the behaviour of society so that fewer people drink enough to transgress, or to address problem drinking in known offenders. Estimates of the cost to the NHS depend to some extent on attributing a set proportion of the blame for each type of illness or accident to alcohol. On that slightly crude basis, the Department of Health estimated £2.7 billion (2006/7 prices) annually. Details: London: CIVITAS Institute for the Study of Civil Society, 2012. 6p. Source: CIVITAS Crime Factsheets: Internet Resource: Accessed August 22, 2012 at http://www.civitas.org.uk/crime/factsheet-alcoholcrime.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.civitas.org.uk/crime/factsheet-alcoholcrime.pdf Shelf Number: 126096 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Crime Statistics (U.K.) |
Author: Burrows, Michael Title: The Impact of Alcohol in Greater Manchester Summary: This report identifies available alcohol intelligence from across Greater Manchester. The data are separated into six categories: consumption, health related impacts of alcohol, crime, young people, and examples of interventions to tackle excessive alcohol consumption. The report contains the latest annual and quarterly data available. Where no updates have been published, the latest data published in the last quarterly report are provided here for reference. Where data are new or updated, these are labelled as such throughout this report. In the summary updated findings are formatted in bold Key findings for Greater Manchester: 1.1 Consumption - Synthetic estimates for increasing risk, high risk and binge drinking in Greater Manchester are significantly higher than both the England and North West averages. - Using the results from the Big Drink Debate in 2008, Bolton had the highest percentage of Increasing risk drinkers (27.2%; North West average 20.4%) and Manchester had the highest percentage of high risk drinkers (9.4%; North West: 6.4%). In comparison, Rochdale (16.6%; North West: 11.2%) and Bury (62.7%; North West: 61.7%) had the highest percentage of non drinkers and sensible drinkers respectively. 1.2 Health related impacts of alcohol - In 2008/09, NI39, hospital admission for alcohol related harm increased from 2007/08 across all Local Authorities in Greater Manchester. Manchester (2577 per 100,000), Salford (2527) and Rochdale (2547) had the highest rates, above both North West and national levels. - Latest data published by the North West Publish Health Observatory through the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE 2010) are for 2008/09. Here, intelligence shows that Salford had the highest alcohol-specific (885 for males and 436 females, per 100,000) hospital admission, again Trafford had the lowest in Greater Manchester - Levels of alcohol specific admission between the local areas have varied from May to June 2010. The rate of alcohol-specific admission was lowest for males in Bolton and Salford (89 per 100,000 populations), in Bolton for females (50). Salford saw the highest rates for both males (149) and females (91). - From May to June 2010, Salford had the highest rate of hospital admission for alcohol-related mental disorders (53 per 100,000) while Bury had the lowest. Salford and Tameside and Glossop had the highest rate of hospital admission for alcohol-related liver disease for males (18 per 100,000) and Stockport had the highest for females (12). - Levels of alcohol-related hospital admission (published through LAPE) have increased in Greater Manchester from 2006/07 to 2008/09. Manchester saw highest rate per 100,000 (2042 for males and 1161 for females) Trafford saw the lowest (1425 for males and 805 for females) - In 2009, Stockport experienced the greatest percentage of fatal and serious road casualties where alcohol had been consumed (16%). In three percent of all road traffic accidents, there were positive breath tests for alcohol. - In 2007/08 Greater Manchester Fire Service recorded that 43% of victims whose deaths resulted from fire had consumed alcohol. - Greater Manchester had a higher rate for alcohol-related mortality when compared with the North West and England overall. In Greater Manchester, alcohol-related mortality is greatest for males in Manchester and females in Salford, and lowest in Trafford. Details: Liverpool: Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010. 58p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 10, 2014 at: http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-impact-of-alcohol-in-greater-manchester.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-impact-of-alcohol-in-greater-manchester.pdf Shelf Number: 132312 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Binge DrinkingHospital Emergency DepartmentsNuisance Behaviors and Disorders |
Author: Alcohol Concern Title: One on every corner: The relationship between off-licence density and alcohol harms in young people Summary: England is a country that increasingly chooses to drink at home. This is due, at least in part, to the difference in price between alcohol bought from on and off-licensed premises. Over the past 30 years there has been more than a 25% increase in the number of off-licensed premises, such as convenience stores and supermarkets that sell alcohol for consumption elsewhere. Off-licensed sales are the predominant direct and indirect source of access to alcohol for young people under-18- years-old and growing international evidence links off-licence density with various negative alcohol-related consequences. Alcohol Concern's Youth Policy project commissioned Dr Nikki Coghill, Senior Research Fellow at the University of the West of England, to conduct some statistical analysis into the density of off-licensed premises and alcohol harms in young people in selected areas of England. As far as we are aware, this is the first study of its kind in this country to focus on the links between off-licence density and harms in under-18s. The analysis uncovered a moderate but statistically significant relationship between the density of off-licensed premises and alcohol specific hospital admissions in young people under-18- years-old per 100,000 of population. Our findings suggest that the greater the availability of alcohol, the greater the risk of young people suffering alcohol harm. Therefore, the changing nature of where we buy and consume alcohol may have an impact on the risk of harms to young people. Limitations in the recording of alcohol-related conditions in hospitals and A&E departments means that the results from this study are likely to be an under-representation of the true picture of harms impacting on young people. Effective harm prevention therefore not only requires targeting education, information and support at an individual level among young people, but control of the concentration of alcohol outlets at a community level. Details: London: Alcohol Concern, 2011. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 12, 2015 at: http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2014/12/one-on-every-corner.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2014/12/one-on-every-corner.pdf Shelf Number: 134607 Keywords: Alcohol Related Crime, Disorder (U.K.)Drunk and DisorderlyUnderage Drinking |