Tuesday, February 28, 2012
ABSTRACT Aims To determine whether collaborative behavioral management (CBM) reduces substance use, crime and re-arrest among drug-involved parolees.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Do strict underage drinking laws really have a positive impact on society? A recent study finds that strictly enforcing possession of alcohol under the legal age or PULA (also known as PAULA) laws on teenagers reduces the likelihood that they will engage in alcohol-related crime as adults…
Filed in Uncategorized, crime
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Also tagged alcohol-under, crime-as-adults, drinking-laws, known-as-paula, legal, likelihood, paula, positive-impact, recent-study, reduces-the-likelihood, strict-underage, the-legal, will-engage
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
If people see news coverage of alcohol’s role in violent crime and fatal injuries, they may give more support to alcohol-control laws, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. It’s estimated that drinking is involved in almost one third of deaths from accidents and violent crime…
Nearly one out of seven college students surveyed at a Texas university has participated in the Choking Game, a dangerous behavior where blood flow is deliberately cut off to the brain in order to achieve a high, according to a study by The Crime Victims’ Institute at Sam Houston State University…
Filed in Uncategorized, crime
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Also tagged brain, choking, crime-victims, dangerous-behavior, houston, houston-state, institute, institute-at-sam, seven-college, students-surveyed, texas, the-brain
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Alcohol use has often been linked to criminal activity on the part of both perpetrators as well as victims.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Abstract Aims: To determine whether collaborative behavioral management (CBM) reduces substance use, crime and re-arrest among drug-involved parolees.
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged among-parolees, collaborative, drug-violation, majority, management, parole-offices, positive-tools, primary, role-induction, versus-standard
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
To coincide with Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW), Drink Wise North West have launched an appeal for 'Alcohol Champions' to support and lead alcohol harm reduction approaches. To support potential champions, two new Drink Wise packs have been published: The Know More pack sets out the health, financial, social and crime costs in the NW, and supports professionals in building up a business case for change. With 1 in 7 people in the NW drinking at levels which put their health at risk, it's a timely reminder of the sobering consequences of alcohol misuse
Filed in Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol industry, champion, champions, damaging, drink, drink-wise, health, health-at-risk, make-the-case, north, north-west, sobering, tackle-alcohol, timely-reminder
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
In June 2011 the Global Commission on Drug Policy, of which I am proud to be the chair, released its report calling for fundamental reforms to drug policies. Together with my colleagues – former and serving heads of state including Ruth Dreifuss, George Papandreou, Ernesto Zedillo and Cesar Gaviria, prominent business people and intellectuals, and former high level UN officials including Kofi Annan – we called for urgent action to stem the tide of drug-related harm, organised crime and drug-related violence ().
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged 2011-the-global, cesar-gaviria, chair, colleagues, dreifuss, ernesto-zedillo, global, high-level, serving-heads, state-including, stem-the-tide, urgent-action
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
After men become fathers for the first time, they show significant decreases in crime, tobacco and alcohol use, according to a new, 19-year study. Researchers assessed more than 200 at-risk boys annually from the age of 12 to 31, and examined how men’s crime, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use changed over time…
Filed in Uncategorized, crime, tobacco
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Also tagged alcohol-use, assessed-more, at-risk-boys, from-the-age, how-men, men's health, men-become, the-age, the-first, tobacco, use-changed
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