Alcohol Related Crime

• NSW Government
• Australian Federal Government
• International

NSW Government

Attorney General's Department: BOCSAR

• The cost of police time spent dealing with alcohol-related crime in NSW - Report
• Liquor outlet concentrations and alcohol-related neighbourhood problems
  This bulletin investigates the relationship between the concentration of licensed premises in a given area and perceptions of alcohol-related problems in that locale.
• Assaults on licensed premises in inner-urban areas
  This bulletin examines police-recorded assaults on licensed premises in the inner-urban areas of Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. 2001
• Temporal and Regional Aspects of Alcohol-Related Violence and Disorder
  This bulletin reviews research exploring the relationship between alcohol and crime. The number of assault, offensive behaviour and malicious damage to property incidents flagged by police as being alcohol - related are included in this analysis. 2001

Attorney General's Department: Crime Prevention Division: Masculinity and Public Drinking Violence in Newcastle and the Hunter ('Boozers and Bouncers')
A qualitative study of the links between social constructions of masculinity, violence and disorder in public-drinking contexts in the Newcastle/Hunter region.

NSW Health: Had Enough? Alcohol Related Violence and Crime - What You and Your Community Can Do About It

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Australian Federal Government

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): National Information Development Plan for Crime and Justice
The Plan covers statistics as they relate to the field of crime and justice. It aims to lead to an increased knowledge about and use of currently available data, lead to improved data availability in the future and assist in establishing a framework for future development in the area.

Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)

• Alcohol, drugs and crime : a study of juveniles in detention
  An examination of the offending and drug use histories of 371 young offenders incarcerated in juvenile detention centres across Australia. The study confirms that juveniles in detention have extensive offending and drug use histories, in terms of both violent and property crime, and regularly use alcohol, cannabis and, to a lesser extent, amphetamines. The study identifies various risk factors for drug use and offending and highlights the need for a targeted approach to combat abuse, neglect and family drug use earlier in a child's life, as well as to have effective programs that address issues such as drug use, housing needs, skills development, individual and family support for chronic young offenders. 2005
• Patterns of Antisocial Behaviour from Early to Late Adolescence
  50 per cent of all persons apprehended for offending in 2002 to 2003 (Victoria Police 2004) were aged between 10 and 24. As not all antisocial behaviour is recorded by police, it is valuable to measure adolescents’ own reports of their involvement in such behaviour.This paper analyses data from a large longitudinal study of Victorian children. It focuses on the types and extent of antisocial behaviour and explores differing across-time patterns of such behaviour.Dec. 2004
• DUMA:
  Drug Use Monitoring in Australia : 2004 annual report on drug use among police detainees
  Drug Use Monitoring in Australia : 2003 annual report on drug use among police detainees
  Drug Use Monitoring in Australia: 2002 annual report on drug use among police detainees
  Drug Use Monitoring in Australia: 2001 annual report on drug use among police detainees

Australasian Centre for Policing Research: The antecedents of alcohol related violence in and around licensed premises
March 2004

National Alcohol Indicators: Trends in Alcohol-Related Violence in Australia, 1991/92-1999/00
The summary of a technical report that presents indicators of alcohol-related violence for each Australian state and territory. Information is from Curtin University. 2002

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International

Alcohol Concern, UK: Alcohol and Crime
Outlines the risk factors in relation to alcohol related violence and possible interventions. September 2003

Alcohol Research and Health: Alcohol and Violence 
Special issue of Alcohol Research and Health journal devoted to Alcohol and Violence. The full text of all the articles in this issue are available at this link. 2001

UK Home Office

• Violence in the night-time economy: key findings from the research
  2004
• Alcohol-related crime and disorder data: guidance for local partnerships
  Focuses on the collection and analysis of alcohol-related crime and disorder data and the routine profiling of data. August 2003
• Drinking Crime and Disorder
  Presents findings from two Home Office studies that explored the relationship between alcohol consumption and offending among 18- to 24- year-olds. 2003
• Alcohol-related assault: findings from the British Crime Survey
  The findings reported will help feed the evidence base on which to build the prevention of alcohol-related crime policies and initiatives. Alcohol is a definitive factor that needs to be considered in tackling the problem of domestic violence. In reference to local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships tackling the problem of alcohol-related assault, the report strongly identified alcohol related disorder as a priority in their locality, through problem solving and initiative prevention. 2003
• Alcohol-related crime
  This link takes you to information about alcohol-related crime in the UK. It also links to associated sites and to research publications.

Crime Reduction Website

• Crime Reduction Toolkits: Alcohol Related Crime
  This toolkit is designed to help all those involved in crime reduction to work as effectively as possible. It brings together information on the latest developments in the UK plus research findings and promising approaches to reducing crime and disorder problems associated with alcohol. It includes tools for identifying problems, developing responses and monitoring progress and highlights practical measures to make communities safer. 2003
• Crime and Disorder Partnerships: Alcohol-related crime and disorder in audit and strategy documents 
  This briefing paper looks at the emphasis (or lack thereof) placed upon alcohol-related crime in local audit and strategy documents. It raises the issue of the involvement of alcohol in a significant percentage of crimes of various types but highlights the lack of evidence of a causal relationship between alcohol consumption and criminal activity. It notes that 40% of audit documents highlighted drunkenness as an issue, 60% related public order problems to alcohol, 9% highlighted a link between alcohol and domestic violence, and 5% linked alcohol consumption and vandalism. 2000

International Center for Alcohol Policies: Violence and Licensed Premises
Over the past decade, increased attention has been directed toward the prediction, management, and containment of violence in and around licensed premises. This report examines some of the prevention strategies used to combat this violence, as well as some of the underpinning theories. November 2002

Scottish Government: Alcohol Research
The Scottish Government have published three research reports on the contribution that alcohol makes to crime and disorder and public perceptions of the impact of alcohol on crime and disorder. The reports are titled:"Underage drinking and the illegal purchase of alcohol", "Testing public opinion on licensing laws and alcohol consumption"  and "Review of literature on the impact of licensing and other controls".

Social Issues Research Centre: Counting The Cost: The Measurement and Recording of Alcohol-Related Violence and Disorder
Research examined in detail the current procedures used to record and collate information on alcohol-related violence and disorder.

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