The Victoria Police and the Transport Accident Commission undertook a trial project (Project ARID) in which place of drinking data were collected from across all police activities over a six-month period in a rural area of Victoria. Data concerning a total of 395 alcohol-related incidents were returned by police, with 36.5 per cent of these relating to drink driving and the remainder relating to incidents and offences in other areas of policing including domestic incidents, drinking or being intoxicated in public places, and assaults. Data were analysed in terms of the time and day of week of the incident, location, place of drinking, and offence type. The project demonstrated that data of this type could be an important additional source of information for police when planning enforcement strategies targeting drink driving and other alcohol-related problems in the community. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214057. Printed volume contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM contains submitted papers.
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