Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity-Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a
collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages …

Humans possess great capacity for behavioral and cultural change, but our ability to
manage change is still limited. This article has two major objectives: first, to sketch a basic …

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine recent research studies published from 2000 to
2008 focusing on availability of alcohol: hours and days of sale and density of alcohol …

The past 15 years has seen a considerable amount of interest and effort being put into
developing strategies to prevent problem gambling. Unfortunately, the development …

Background: Legislative limits on trading hours for licensed premises have a long history in
Australia as a key policy approach to managing alcohol-related problems. In recent years …

ABSTRACT Aims In March 2008 the New South Wales judiciary restricted pub closing times
to 3 am, and later 3.30 am, in the central business district (CBD) of Newcastle, Australia. We …

Aims To estimate the effect on violence of small changes in closing hours for on‐premise
alcohol sales, and to assess whether a possible effect is symmetrical. Design, setting, and …

This article summarizes the contents of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity (2nd edn). The first
part of the book describes why alcohol is not an ordinary commodity, and reviews …

Regulations on the availability of alcohol have been used to moderate alcohol problems in
communities throughout the world for thousands of years. In the latter half of the 20th …

Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices introduces readers to the theory
and practice of crime prevention. Now in its third edition, this book argues for a combination …