Alcohol and crime

Abstract

The papers presented at this conference consider the relationship between alcohol use and criminal behaviour. The links between alcohol use and crime; drink driving; policing problems; under age drinking; alcohol and domestic violence; Aboriginal drinking; corrective programs and legislative issues are discussed.

Proceedings of a conference held 4-6 April 1989

Contents

  • Opening address
    David Malcolm
  • Sources of confusion in the alcohol and crime debate
    Don Weatherburn
  • Prisoners' experience with alcohol
    David Indermaur
  • At court: the alcohol factor
    Jeff Giddings
  • Alcohol, violent crime and social power
    Stephen Tomsen
  • Domestic violence: alcohol and other distractions: a grassroots perspective
    Heather McGregor
  • Crime on the roads: drinking and driving
    Ross Homel
  • Drinkers and their driving: compliance with drink-driving legislation in four Australian States
    Wendy Loxley, Ross Homel, Dale Berger, and John Snortum
  • The young, delinquency, drink and driving
    Mary Sheehan and J Nucifora
  • Changing drinking and driving patterns: a case history
    David South
  • Restricted areas and Aboriginal drinking
    Peter D'Abbs
  • Alcohol use and its effects upon Aboriginal women
    Maggie Brady
  • Alcohol, the law and police discretion
    Thomas Clews
  • Decriminalisation of drunkenness
    Jonathan Tuncks
  • Positive programs for convicted offenders
    Bob Johnstone
  • Alcohol education program
    Nick Papandreou
  • Helping those imprisoned for alcohol related crimes
    Susan Hayes and John Carmody
  • Juvenile alcohol consumption a cause for concern: a proposal to turn concern into action
    Steve Ireland
  • Tackling excessive drinking or reducing excessive supply
    Andrea Shoebridge
  • Effectiveness of legislative and fiscal restrictions in reducing alcohol related crime and traffic accidents
    Ian Smith
  • Alcohol legislation: the industry's view
    Gordon Broderick
  • An overview: the issues and the National Alcohol Policy
    Geoff Elvy