Essay on Crime Prevention- Analysis of "Last Drinks, Last Drinks" Program
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Running head: CRIME PREVENTION Crime PreventionName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor note
1CRIME PREVENTION The essay examines the last “Last drinks, Last drinks” program and argues that it is astrong example of development of alcohol abuse prevention which targets alcohol relatedviolence. The essay critically analyses the program and provides why it is effective towardssolving the problem alcohol abuse in the state of NSW. Alcohol abuse is becoming a major issuein the country from the last decade and it is high time that policies and strategies areimplemented in order to address the major growing issue. The selected program has taken a fewinitiatives to solve the problem in the state of NSW. It has been reported by the Sydney Morning Herald that the state of NSW has the worststatistics when it comes to harm form alcohol along with tackling such problems (SMG 2017).This is a very serious kind of crime which has resulted in a very significant cost for the state andthe citizens. Out of all crimes which have taken place in the country and have resulted in policedetention such as road vehicle traffic offences, public order offences and assaults of all level arerelated to the consumption of alcohol (Barratt, Cakic and Lenton 2013 pp 141-146). The othertypes of crime which is initiated through alcohol use are that of outing in fear, verbal abuse,physical abuse, domestic violence and assault. The consumption of alcohol is in itself not acrime, however it is the reason for mostly all types of crimes which takes place in the society.The harm which is related to the consumption of alcohol is increasingly growing concerns in theAustralian community specially related to the young people. It is notoriously difficult to developinitiatives and policies which influence drinking behavior as the consumption of alcohol is notonly accepted widely but also is a major part of the Australian culture. The program includesprograms similar to that of the Newcastle program such as closing all pubs at 3am, locking outall venues sharp at 1:30 am and restricting the sales of liquor which contains high level alcoholsuch as tequila shots after 10am (About 2017). However the program does not include spreading
2CRIME PREVENTION awareness about alcohol consumption by educating the young citizens about it, mobilization andcommunity engagement, assessment control and providing late nigh safe transport facilities tothe intoxicated person. As provided by social learning theory of crime new behaviors areacquired by imitating and observing others. The process of learning is cognitive and takes placein the social context the process can occur purely through direct instructions or observation(Downes, Rock and McLaughlin 2016 pp. 111-124). The program takes the use of alcohol in anexcessive manner which results in several crimes as stated above as a process of social learning.The customs which are prevalent in the area make the young people indulge in excessivealcoholism. As having alcohol is widely accepted in the society people often do not recognize thelimit which can make the consumption seriously harmful for them. The program takes excessiveconsumption of alcohol as one of the major causes of any kind of crime in the society. Theprogram recognizes alcohol fueled violence as one of the major problems faced by the localcommunities around the state of NSW. The crime is a constant occupational hazard for nurses’,paramedics, Police officers and doctors who in frontline deal with aggressive drunk people inrelation to emergency services. Australians are becoming worried increasingly with respect to the negative impact ofalcohol on the society. Majority of Australians believe that the society has now become use tothe problem of alcohol abuse. The annual alcohol poll 2017 has revealed that 92% of theAustralian family believe that consumption of alcohol lead to domestic and family violence.Violence which is fueled by alcohol is continuously becoming one of the main problems for thelocal communities of New South Wales. Doctors, paramedics, police officer and nurses whowork for emergency services aggressively intoxicated people are becoming an occupationalhazard. Therefore four major organization representing emergency services in NSW have bonded
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