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Violence and crime
Limits on bar/tavern hours of sale: an important tool in a violence prevention toolbox?
Alcohol plays a significant role in many violent incidents. So what happened to violence rates when a neighbourhood in Maryland reduced the hours of sale...
Isolating and Examining Off-Trade Availability and Violence
The closure of on-trade alcohol outlets during periods of the pandemic gave a unique research opportunity: to understand the impact of such closures on the...
Can alcohol duties be used to reduce the rate of violence injury?
Changes to alcohol duty at each year's Budget has been found to be causally linked to the rate of violent injury rates. Here Professor Kent...
Patterns in alcohol-related violence: exploring recent declines in alcohol-related violence in England and Wales
Alcohol-related violence seems to have fallen over the past ten years. Here Lucy Bryant delves into the data to reveal more about these trends.
How does the Late Night Levy spur change in the night-time economy?
The Late Night Levy is a fee paid by alcohol retailers in some areas open after midnight, which is used to fund police and licensing...
Alcohol and gender: Thinking beyond the binary
A new study assessing alcohol use, reduction and harm among trans and non-binary people is looking to recruit study participants. Read the blog for further...
Sentencing people to sobriety and coerced alcohol abstinence
Dr Carly Lightowlers questions the efficacy of 'sobriety ankle tags' and draws attention to a number of considerations of this reactionary policy, particularly around the...
Has MUP in Scotland reduced alcohol-related crime in the first 21 months? Reflections on an evaluation
A recent report suggested Scotland's minimum unit pricing has done little to reduce alcohol-related crime. Dr Lightowlers and Ms Bryant look at the limitations of...
What COVID-19 restrictions tell us about violence and how alcohol availability affects this
The 2020 coronavirus lockdowns gave researchers in Cardiff a rare opportunity to look at how alcohol-related violence in and out of homes changed compared to...
Alcohol-related violence: a summary of research presented at the 2021 British Society of Criminology conference
In England and Wales, approximately two in five violent incidents are alcohol-related, posing a huge cost to the police, justice system, and healthcare. Here Olivia...
Revoking the ‘License to Drink’: Emerging evidence on mandatory sobriety
Could 24/7 programs solve lingering questions about who gets the right to drink?
Inequalities in alcohol-related violence victimisation and what we should do about it
Lucy Bryant presents evidence-based recommendations for how to reduce the harmful effects of inequalities in which alcohol plays a role
Evaluating the effect of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime
Licensing authority control of alcohol availability can have a positive impact on health and crime in a local vicinity
Sobriety bracelets: The new ‘must have’ criminal justice accessory?
Dr Laura Bainbridge discusses the implications of UK politicians tagging on to the South Dakota model of enforced sobriety
Alcohol control policies and alcohol-related traffic harm in Lithuania: a short summary of a success story
Mindaugas Štelemėkas chronicles the country's recent developments in alcohol policy
Young risky drinkers: overrepresented as victims and perpetrators of alcohol’s harms to others
Evidence highlights human cost of alcohol-related violence triggered by risky drinking behaviours
Unpacking the politically sensitive relationship between alcohol, drugs and domestic violence
Through an Australian case study, Sophie Yates tries to get to the root of a very complex issue with no easy solution
Drunk and doubly deviant? The role of gender and intoxication in sentencing assault offences
Dr Carly Lightowlers finds that the sentencing guidelines for alcohol-related offences in England and Wales are disproportionately harsher on women
Which drinking practices are associated with violent behaviour?
Attempts to ameliorate alcohol-related violence ought to be context- and peer group specific, says Carly Lightowlers
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