Enforcement of liquor licence provisions: The introduction of civilian licence inspectors in Victoria

Wilkinson, Claire; MacLean, Sarah

doi:10.3109/09687637.2012.676106

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“…On-site drinking is easier to regulate than off-site drinking, but regulations must be enforced to be effective (Babor et al, 2010;Wilkinson & MacLean, 2013). Regulatory sanctions can be applied as a strong incentive to follow the law (Babor et al, 2010, p. 154).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Wilkinson and MacLean (2013) have studied civilian inspectors assisting the police with law enforcement, and they concluded that civilians are more industry friendly and potentially less likely to report violations than are police officers. This is consistent with our findings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…She describes this as a "wicked problem", with no easy solution. Wilkinson and MacLean (2013) showed how liquor inspectors are required to negotiate conflicting views about appropriate approaches to regulating licensed establishments. Maynard-Moody and Musheno (2003, p. 4) have studied the police as street-level bureaucrats, and they argue that "law abidance and cultural abidance coexist in the everyday world of street-level work and their coexistence defines the tensions of street-level work".…”

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confidence: 99%

“…By using their discretion, they are not only actors in a policy process; they are also both makers and implementers of policy. STUDY CONTEXT While it is the police which enforce compliance with liquor license legislation in most western countries (Wilkinson & MacLean, 2013), this responsibility is handed to the 428 local municipalities in Norway. Two thirds of them use private security firms to conduct liquor controls, the rest use municipal employees (Skjaelaaen, 2012).…”

Section: Street-level Bureaucraciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Street-level alcohol policy: Assessing intoxication at drinking venues in Oslo

Buvik¹,

Baklien²

2014

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Aims: This article examines liquor inspectors' assessments of intoxication at drinking establishments in Norway. It draws upon Lipsky's theory of street-level bureaucrats (1980) to study a situation where laws and informal norms seem to pull in opposite directions. Methods:We conducted 26 ethnographic observations of liquor inspectors' visits to drinking venues in Oslo, as well as qualitative interviews and field conversations with liquor inspectors. Findings:The study reveals that inspectors interpret the Norwegian Alcohol Act in four main ways that lead to lenient enforcement of the law. 1. Inspectors translate the wording of the Act into their everyday language. 2. They use significant discretion when assessing a patron's intoxication level. 3. The inspectors identify with patrons. 4. They find it hard to spot deviance when everyone is drunk. Conclusions:Research on alcohol policy usually focuses on the national level. Decisions made at the 'street level', however, might also lead to over-serving, alcohol-related harm and violence. The street-level alcohol policy allows a level of intoxication far above that allowed by the law. In this way, the inspectors support and maintain a liberal drinking culture.

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Section: Inspectors Identify With Patronsmentioning

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Section: Street-level Bureaucraciesmentioning

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Street-level alcohol policy: Assessing intoxication at drinking venues in Oslo

Buvik¹,

Baklien²

2014

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…CAPR's research in this area has tracked a shift in Australian public opinion towards restrictive alcohol policy: support for alcohol policy restrictions decreased from 1995 to 2004, but then increased after 2004 . Also in this line of work are studies concerning the implementation and enforcement of policies and regulations; for example, work undertaken on whether the introduction of civilian liquor licensing inspectors improved detection of liquor licensing breaches and an exploration of how enforcement of public drinking laws has targeted marginalized populations inadvertently [19].…”

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confidence: 99%

Addiction research centres and the nurturing of creativity

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Established in 2006, the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR) is Australia's only research centre with a primary focus on alcohol policy. CAPR has four main areas of research: alcohol policy impacts; alcohol policy formation and regulatory processes involved in implementing alcohol policies; patterns and trends in drinking and alcohol problems in the population; and the influence of drinking norms, cultural practices and social contexts, particularly in interaction with alcohol policies. In this paper, we give examples of key publications in each area. During the past decade, the number of staff employed at CAPR has increased steadily and now hovers at approximately 10. CAPR has supported the development of independent researchers who collaborate on a number of international projects, such as the Alcohol's Harm to Others study which is now replicated in approximately 30 countries. CAPR receives core funding from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, and staff have been highly successful in securing additional competitive research funding. In 2016, CAPR moved to a new institutional setting at La Trobe University and celebrated 10 years of operation.

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