Alcohol and public policy : beyond the shadow of prohibition / Panel on Alternative Policies Affecting the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Committee on Substance Abuse and Habitual Behavior, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council ; Mark H. Moore and Dean R. Gerstein, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Alternative Policies Affecting the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Moore, Mark Harrison.

Gerstein, Dean R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--Government policy--United States.

Alcoholism.

Prohibition--United States--History.

Prohibition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Report of the Panel; Introduction; 1 Simplifying Conceptions of Alcohol Problems and Policies ; GOVERNING IDEAS; MINORITY CONCEPTIONS; CONCLUSION; 2 The Nature of Alcohol Problems ; EFFECTS OF DRINKING; UNDERLYING PATTERNS OF DRINKING PRACTICES; Definition of Drinking Practices; Consumption: Quantity and Frequency; Quantity Consumed; Frequency of Drunkenness; Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparisons; Aggregate Patterns of Drinking Contexts; Stability of Individual Drinking Practices

Causes of Drinking Practices; THE PROBLEM OF ATTRIBUTING EFFECTS; CONCLUSION: AVENUES FOR AFFECTING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS; 3 Perspectives on Current Alcohol Policies ; CURRENT ALCOHOL POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR PREVENTION; THE DEFINITION OF PREVENTION POLICIES; OBJECTIONS TO PREVENTION POLICIES; CATEGORIES OF PREVENTION POLICIES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.; 4 Regulating the Supply of Alcoholic Beverages ; THE LESSONS OF PROHIBITION; CURRENT INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES; THE SINGLE DISTRIBUTION THEORY; TAXATION AND PRICES; CONTROLLING OFF-PREMISE RETAIL SALES

CONTROLLING ON-PREMISE SALES; MINIMUM AGE RESTRICTIONS; CONCLUSION; 5 Shaping Drinking Practices Directly ; CONCEPTS OF SAFER AND MORE APPROPRIATE DRINKING; DRINKING PRACTICES AND THE LAW; Drunken Driving and the Law; Public Drunkenness; EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS; School Education Programs; Mass Media Information Campaigns; Community-Based Health Information and Training; Conclusions About Education, Information, and Training Programs; SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE: A NOTE ON SYMBOLIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS; CONCLUSION; 6 Reducing Environmental Risk

DAMAGE IN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; Physical Safety Measures; Social Safety Measures; DAMAGE IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; Victimization; Public Drunkenness and the Urban Environment; Deemphasizing Hostility; CONCLUSION; Summary; References; Commissioned Papers; TEMPERANCE AND PROHIBITION IN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; Introduction; The Colonial Period; The Decline of Authority; Mobilizing for the Crusade; "Narrow" Versus "Broad-Gauge"; Prohibition; Epilogue; References; ALCOHOL USE AND CONSEQUENCES; Introduction; Alcohol Use: Intoxication, Drinking Patterns, and Total Consumption

Methods of Measurement; Uses of Per-Capita Consumption; Disaggregated Consumption Statistics; Drinking Patterns in Survey Data; Use and Consequences: The Problem of Attribution; Mortality; Economic Costs; Behavior; Socially Important Effects of Alcohol Use; Physiological Effects; Personality; Physical Environment; Interpersonal Effects; Institutional Effects; Conclusion; References; THE PARADOX OF ALCOHOL POLICY: THE CASE OF THE 1969 ALCOHOL ACT IN FINLAND; Introduction; The Finnish Alcohol Policy Debate; The Finnish Drinking Style; The First Test for the Debate ; The 1969 Alcohol Act: the Second Test

Notes:

Includes 7 studies commissioned by the panel.

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

9786610247189

9781280247187

1280247185

9780309557481

0309557488

9780585119823

0585119821

OCLC:

940510307