The role of alcohol in crime and disorder
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Peter Miller is affiliated with 5 organizations: School of Psychology at Deakin University, National Addiction Centre at Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Commissioning Editor at Addiction, and National Drug Research Institute and Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. The document contains statistics and discusses risk factors for disability-adjusted life years and trends in substance abuse among different age groups. It also examines policies and interventions for prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorders.
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The role of alcohol in crime and disorder
- 1. Peter Miller1,2,3,4,5 Cache Diment1 Lucy Zinkiewicz1 1 School of Psychology, Deakin University 2 National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK 3 Commissioning Editor, Addiction 4 National Drug Research Institute 5 Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research
- 2. Percentage of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributed to risk factors, 2004 WHO Global Health Risks 2009 Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research
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Editor's Notes
- Consumption
- Alcohol-related hospital emergency room presentations for assaults during high alcohol hours (per 10 000 population) in Victoria have been increasing since 2002 (see Figure 1), reflecting national statistics from 1991/1992‒1999/2000.25
- All old figures
- The relationship between alcohol and crime is complicated and comprises various levels including environmental factors, social and individual features.27 Many interventions aimed at reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder focus on either the environmental factors (e.g. reducing alcohol advertising) or individual features (e.g. counselling/rehabilitation).
- However, it is not enough to simply enforce. The penalties imposed must be substantial enough to outweigh any financial, personal or social gains to be made in violating the restrictions. The threat of considerable financial loss, when well publicised, is in itself a significant deterrent to those who might otherwise act irresponsibly.49
- review has not identified any intervention programs (with the exception of interventions aimed directly at licensed venues) that solely target alcohol to reduce family incidents