A new report prepared for the Government Office for London by South Bank University has been released entitled ‘What works’ to tackle alcohol-related disorder?: An examination of the use of ASB tools and powers in London. The study considers all tools and powers currently being used in London and makes recommendations on the best application of these in addressing alcohol related disorder in a range of contexts. The report highlights that varied approaches work best to address disorder resulting from street drinking, the night time economy, licensed premises/off-licenses/outdoor drinking and disorder related to events such as festivals and football matches.
The report provides detailed recommendations for each of the areas based on a number of key findings including:
- London boroughs currently face a wide variety of alcohol-related disorder, with the most prevalent type of disorder being connected to street drinking.
- The nature, location and impacts of street drinking varied significantly across the boroughs.
- Boroughs reported significant differences between public perceptions and actual levels of alcohol-related ASB.
- Alcohol-related disorder often crossed over with other issues such as substance misuse, social inclusion and mental health issues and violent crime.
- Problems were highlighted with the quality of data and funding for ‘alcohol-related’ issues.
- DPPOs were the most commonly used of the tools but had been implemented to manage a range of alcohol-related disorder issues.
- The range of tools and powers available is not currently being fully utilised and knowledge about key ASB tools and powers is not shared across key service areas.
- For example, local ASB teams were often not clear on how fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) were being used to manage alcohol-related disorder, who was receiving them, for what behaviours and what the outcomes of the notices were.
- Approaches to alcohol-related disorder which formally agree a protocol of intervention were popular and appeared to be the most successful.
- Using tools and powers in isolation appeared to be the least successful strategy.
The findings therefore seem to reiterate the importance of partnership approaches to impact effectively on alcohol related disorder, whilst also showing that gaps in skills and knowledge around alcohol related tools and guidance still exist. Local council and police partnerships can currently bid for Home Office funding to deliver initiatives to tackle alcohol related disorder until 7th November 2008.
1970 alcohol prices are droped to lowest prices seen in the last 10 years.
Then Moda 1971 removes cannabis totaly from public use.
1972 your trend of alcohol abuse begins with each year seening a fall in price and a rise in use.
You need to fix the roots of the problem and not trim away at the top of the tree.
Posted by: John | Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 01:35 PM