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