Kathryn Graham, Ross Homel

Raising the Bar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing upon the authors' extensive experience with observational, interview and intervention research, 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780415636056
• ISBN-10: 0415636051
• Artikelnr.: 35527616

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Graham is Professor at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Ross Homel is Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Alasdair Forsyth, Glasgow Centre for the Study Violence 1. Why
a book about bar violence? Licensed premises as hotspots for violence -
what is the evidence? Framing the problem of the prevention of violence in
and around drinking establishments. The trend toward market deregulation.
'Raising the bar' 2. The culture of public drinking: normal trouble,
violence and its prevention. The heterogeneity of commercial drinking
establishments. License to play: the forms and functions of public drinking
establishments. License for control: preventing minor trouble from
escalating. Putting bar violence and its prevention in a theoretical
context 3. Alcohol: the contribution of intoxication to aggression and
violent behaviour. Linking alcohol effects and bar violence. The effects of
alcohol that are most implicated in aggression in real world settings. The
effects of drugs other than alcohol on aggression and violence. Minimising
the extent that alcohol contributes to aggression 4. Patrons: risks for
violence associated with who goes out drinking and why. Studies of the
association between the barroom environment and aggression. What are the
fights about? The applications of situational crime prevention and routine
activity theories to risks associated with patron characteristics 5.
Environment: understanding why some drinking establishments are high risk
for aggression. A tale of two settings. Types and locations of premises
that are high risk for aggression. The relationship between aggression and
the environment of the drinking establishment. Applying knowledge of
environmental risk to prevention 6. Staff: redefining their role as
guardians, not guards or enforcers. The relationship between staff
practices and violence and the move toward club empires with highly
specialised and gendered staff roles. Rule enforcement versus intervention
in patron conflict. Implication of the growing role of security staff in
licensed premises. Strategies for improving the role of staff in preventing
aggression. Changing the framing of security and serving staff culture 7.
Spilling out the doors: the ecology and governance of violence in the
licensed environment. The connections between what happens inside and what
happens outside. The ecology of the public spaces around drinking
establishments. Governance of the licensed environment. Social control
strategies. Towards a better understanding of the ecology of street
violence related to licensed premises. The prevention of violence in the
licensed environment 8. Evaluated approaches to preventing violence related
to drinking in licensed premises. Voluntary programs for individual
drinking establishments. Police enforcement. Evaluated accords. Community
action projects. The evidence base for the effective prevention of
aggression and violence in the licensed environment. The need for ongoing
research on the prevention of violence in drinking establishments 9.
Violence prevention: towards sustainable, evidence-based practices. Key
factors associated with violence in and around drinking establishments and
approaches to addressing these factors. Future directions for enhancing
prevention of bar violence. Prospects for raising the bar