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The Impact of Liquor Restrictions on Serious Assaults across Queensland, Australia
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 16, Issue 22, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 22, p 4362 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019.
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Abstract
- Aims: This study aimed to explore the relationship between a 00:00 liquor restriction, introduced on 1 July 2016, and alcohol-related harm by examining its impact on serious assault numbers during high-alcohol hours (8:00&ndash<br />18:00 Friday and Saturday night), from 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2018. Methods: Two types of locations only impacted by the liquor restriction were identified: designated safe night precincts (SNPs) and other local government areas (LGAs). A times series autoregressive integrated moving average analysis was used to estimate the influence of liquor restrictions on police-recorded serious assaults in the two years following the policy introduction, for SNPs and LGAs separately. Results: Contrarily to our predictions, monthly police-recorded serious assaults did not significantly change within SNPs or LGAs following the introduction of liquor restrictions. Conclusion: The implementation of the Queensland liquor restriction did not result in a clear, unique reduction in serious assault trends. Further investigation should consider the impact of liquor restrictions in conjunction with other policy changes as public perception of restrictions and their cumulative impact may produce varied outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Time Factors
alcoholic beverages
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Alcohol related crime
lcsh:Medicine
030508 substance abuse
Violence
Article
nightlife
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Environmental health
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Autoregressive integrated moving average
assault
Nightlife
lcsh:R
Commerce
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
food and beverages
alcohol drinking
Harm
Local government
night-time economy
Queensland
0305 other medical science
policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....db5aa0055bdf365d3b115753a19a7ab0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224362