Safer Communities: Volume 10 Issue 1

Editorial

Lindsey Poole

Safer Society

Lose your bottle: young people and alcohol

Natalie Williams

When a problem with underage drinking in the seaside town of Hastings was highlighted by an analysis into public place violent crime, the local community safety partnership ‐ the…

Minimum alcohol pricing in Scotland

Tom Roberts

The Scottish Parliament recently passed the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill following a long debate regarding minimum pricing. This article considers the arguments that ensued and…

The Licensing Act 2003, five years on: taking stock and stumbling into the future

Andrew Newton

This paper will reflect on the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 (LA03). It will focus primarily on how the LA03 has been introduced to, and has influenced, the night‐time economy…

The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on drinking habits, offences of crime and disorder, and policing in England's newest city

Stuart Kirby, Laura Hewitt

A number of studies relating to the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 have been described as either inconclusive or lacking implementation detail. This study, five years after the…

Four years after the Licensing Act 2003: a case study of Hartlepool town centre

Rick Brown, Emily Evans

This study examines changes to the night‐time economy of Hartlepool in the north east of England following the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003. It shows that later opening…

The problem with drink

Rob Poole, Catherine Robinson, Lindsey Poole

Over the past 30 years there has been a steady increase in the availability and affordability of alcoholic drinks in the UK. This has been associated with a dramatic increase in…