Public Intoxication

• NSW Government
• Governments of Other States & Territories
• International

NSW Government

Attorney General's Department: BOCSAR

• 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.

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Governments of Other States & Territories

Victoria

Victorian Parliament. Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee
Public Drunkenness in Victoria – Final Report
An investigation of the appropriateness of criminal laws against public drunkenness in Victoria and the adequacy of diversionary methods currently in place to deal with people arrested for public drunkenness. June 2001

Tasmania

Tasmania Law Reform Institute: Intoxication and Criminal Responsibility. Issue Paper No. 7
This issues paper discusses reforming the law in relation to the law of intoxication and criminal responsibility in Tasmania. It is concerned with the question of the extent to which an accused person should be able to rely upon intoxication caused by alcohol or drugs as a defence to a criminal charge. 2005

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International

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC)

• Regulation of the Drinking of Alcohol in Public Places
  Problematic public drinking can lead to vandalism, negative impacts on businesses, noise, violence and disorder. Although some of these problems can be reduced using bylaws, regulating public drinking can sometimes add new problems, including displacement caused by moving drinkers on.

New Zealand Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit/Whariki Research Group

• Young People, Alcohol and Safer Public Spaces
  This report consolidates information on the relationship between young people's drinking, alcohol related violence and safety in public places. It is intended to be used as a resource for the development of strategies that enable young people’s access to, and safety in, public spaces.

UK Government

• Alcohol consumption in public places: Designation Orders
  Sets out the key priorities for tackling alcohol related crime, disorder and nuisance. The pages contain general information, guidance, legislation and examples of good practice on using designation orders to restrict the consumption of alcohol in public places. 2005
• Violence in the night-time economy: key findings from the research
  2004
• Drunk and disorderly - a qualitative study of binge drinking among 18- to 24-year-olds
  Report of a study which explores the social context of binge drinking by young adults. The study also examines young people’s experiences of crime, disorder and risk-taking in the night-time economy, and explores ways in which drinking patterns, attitudes to drinking alcohol and the effects of binge drinking were related to these experiences. The research provides an evidence base for the development of policies to reduce alcohol-related crime, disorder and violence, and public drunkenness. February 2003 (pdf file)
• Drinking Crime and Disorder
  Findings from the Home Office exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and offending by 18- to 24- year-olds. 2003
• Drunks and Disorder: Processing Intoxicated Arrestees in Two City-Centre Custody Suites
  Report of a study exploring the problems encountered in policing city-centre entertainment districts and dealing with intoxicated arrestees. 2002

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