Recent research bulletins from the 
drug and alcohol Bank:
Blockages to adequate alcohol-related services for offenders
Based on exhaustive consultations in the south west of England, this report diagnoses the blockages to providing adequate alcohol-related services to offenders and makes recommendations to improve commissioning, coordination and practice.
No prison-community care pathway in north east England
Problem drinking offenders in north east England benefit from creative partnership working, but still this report baldly states that for prisoners whose sole substance use problem is drinking, a prison-community care pathway simply does not exist.
Young Hertfordshire alcohol offenders pay for their own alcohol education
Enticed by a halving in their fines, young 'binge' drinkers in south east England penalised for alcohol-related nuisance undertook a brief course which was followed by reductions in drinking and better management of potential flash points. The fines they did pay helped finance the courses.
Drinking and problems fall after educating young alcohol offenders in Derbyshire
Enticed by a halving in their fines, young 'binge' drinkers in northern England penalised for alcohol-related nuisance undertook a brief course which was followed by substantial reductions in drinking and alcohol-related problems. The fines they did pay financed the courses.
Alcohol-related Offender Health pages and relevant publications are available on the Alcohol Learning Centre, including NOMS alcohol interventions guidance.
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