Raising the bar : preventing aggression in and around bars, pubs and clubs / Kathryn Graham and Ross Homel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Kate.

Contributor:

Homel, Ross.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Crime science series (Willan Publishing)

Crime science series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention.

Violence.

Violence--Prevention.

Alcohol--Physiological effect.

Alcohol.

Bars (Drinking establishments).

Physical Description:

xx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cullompton : Willan, [2008]

Summary:

This book provides a definitive review of knowledge about bar room environments and their regulation, and provides directions for the prevention of aggression, violence and injury in and around public drinking establishments. It shows why drinking establishments are high risk for aggression, why some establishments are riskier than others, the effectiveness of existing interventions and policies, and the importance of better regulatory models for achieving safer drinking establishments.

The authors emphasize the need to understand the problem and the tackle it through evidence-based preventive strategies, providing a detailed review of the nature of problem behaviours within the specific context of public drinking establishments-while recognizing that these establishments are businesses that operate in diverse communities and cultures. Special attention is paid to the difficulties in implementing and sustaining effective interventions within the kinds of regulatory structures and political and economic climates that currently prevail in many countries.

The book draws upon the authors' extensive experience with observational, interview and intervention research related to reducing aggression and injury in drinking establishments, as well as their knowledge of the alcohol field, and of prevention, policing and regulation more generally.

Contents:

1 Why a book about bar violence? 1

Licensed premises as hot spots for violence-what is the evidence? 3

Framing prevention of violence in and around drinking establishments 7

The trend toward market deregulation 9

'Raising the bar' 11

Glossary and explanation of terms 15

2 The culture of public drinking: normal trouble, violence and its prevention 17

The heterogeneity of commercial drinking establishments 17

License to play: the forms and functions of public drinking establishments 19

License for control: preventing minor trouble from escalating 22

Putting bar violence and its prevention in a theoretical context 30

3 Alcohol: the contribution of intoxiciation to aggression and violent behaviour 38

Linking alcohol effects and bar violence 39

The effects of alcohol that are most implicated in aggression in real world settings 48

The effects of drugs other than alcohol on aggression and violence 54

Minimising the extent that alcohol contributes to aggression 55

4 Patrons: risks for violence associated with who goes out drinking and why 58

Studies of the association between the barroom environment and aggression 59

What are the fights about? 71

The applications of situational crime prevention and routine activity theories to risks associated with patron characteristics 87

5 Environment: understanding why some drinking establihsments are high risk for aggression 90

A tale of two settings 91

Types and locations of premises that are high risk for aggression 93

The relationship between aggression and the environment of the drinking establishment 95

Applying knowledge of environmental risk to prevention 125

6 Staff: redefining their role as guardians, not guards or enforcers 133

The relationship between staff practices and violence and the move toward club empires with highly specialised and genered staff roles 134

Rule enforcement versus intervention in patron conflict 150

Implications of the growing role of security staff in licensed premises 156

Strategies for improving the role of staff in preventing aggression 163

Changing the framing of security and serving staff culture 167

7 Spilling out the doors: the ecology and governance of violence in the licensed environment 169

The connections between what happens inside and what happens outside 170

The ecology of the public spaces around drinking establishments 173

Governance of the licensed environment 180

Social control strategies 185

Towards a better understanding of the ecology of street violence related to licensed premises 188

The prevention of violence in the licensed environment 194

8 Evaluated approaches to preventing violence related to drinking in licensed premises 196

Voluntary programs for individual drinking establishments 196

Police enforcement 205

Evaluated accords 216

Community action projects 221

The evidence base for the effective prevention of aggression and violence in the licensed environment 234

The need for ongoing research on the prevention of violence in drinking establishments 237

9 Violence prevention: towards sustainable evidence-based practices 239

Key factors associated with violence in and around drinking establishments and approaches to addressing these factors 240

Future directions for enhancing prevention of bar violence 255

Prospects for raising the bar 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1843923181

9781843923183

OCLC:

220001880