Home Office: Closure of premises for persistent disorder or nuisance (HTML format)
Departments: Home Office
Document type: Information

Date of publication: 21 November 2008

http://www.respect.gov.uk/members/article.aspx?id=12676

Summary:
This document explains premises closure orders, which are tenure-neutral powers that can be used to offer communities immediate respite by temporarily closing premises for three months.

'Wizard Stick' Parties a Binge Drinking Concern / Join Together, 19 September 2008
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2008/wizard-stick-parties-a.html
"A drinking game that encourages young men to drink enough beer to make a stack of cans exceeding their own height has some experts concerned that it's contributing to rising binge drinking rates."

Kicking off
Jane's Police Review, 13 August 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"During the 1970s and early 80s, the notoriety of British football hooligans increased as they ran riot around grounds in the UK and Europe. Violent scenes in our stadiums are now largely a thing of the past."
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Binge breakers
Jane's Police Review, 22 July 2008
http://jpr.janes.com/
"On a Friday or Saturday night in towns and cities across the UK, the sight of drunken youths streaming out of pubs and clubs in the early hours is common. Most officers will have dealt with the accompanying violence."
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British Police Say 24-Hour Drinking Laws Have Caused Damage / Join Together, 11 August 2008
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2008/british-police-say-24-hour.html
"Offenses ranging from excessive intoxication to violent behavior are on the rise in nearly every police jurisdiction in England and Wales since new laws allowed pubs and clubs to maintain long hours, the Sunday Telegraph reported Aug. 10."

Designing streets to help drunks home / New Scientist, 23 July 2008
http://digbig.com/4xgce
"A model that mimics the movements of drunken crowds might help find ways to design streets so that they direct late-night revellers safely home."
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Uefa Cup violence 'started early' / BBC, 16 June 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7456386.stm
"An official report into the Uefa Cup Final in Manchester on 14 May has found evidence of anti-social behaviour eight hours before the match started. "
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL: REPORT FOR RESOLUTION:
UEFA Cup Final – 14th May 2008 / 17th June 2008
PDF - http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/UEFA_Cup_Final_14th_May_2008.pdf

Kensington and Chelsea council employee becomes special constable under new scheme / 24dash.com, 10 April 2008
http://digbig.com/4wyxc
"Special constable John O’Sullivan has carried out his first patrol after becoming the first council employee to be recruited under the BoroughBeat scheme.John, 34, who works in Kensington and Chelsea Council’s finance department, spent his first night out in uniform as part of a disorder patrol."

Booze ban sobering for town's teenagers / Observer, 18 May 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/18/drugsandalcohol.health
Paul Kelbie
"Seven weeks ago Armadale in West Lothian became the first town in Scotland to introduce a ban on selling alcohol to anyone under 21 between 5pm and 10pm on a Friday and Saturday from off-licences. It was a six-week pilot scheme and the figures regarding its success appear to speak for themselves: there was a 57 per cent reduction in recorded assaults, a 54 per cent fall in vandalism reports and a 55 per cent drop in complaints from residents about antisocial behaviour. According to the police and the local authority, the scheme has been such a success there are plans to roll it out to other areas. This weekend - the first since the ban was lifted - the town's residents were waiting to see if incidents would jump again."

Liquor-store sales linked to violent assaults, NewScientist.com news service 13 May 2008
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn13887-liquorstore-sales-linked-to-violent-assaults.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
"If there's a queue at the liquor store, keep an eye out for trouble. A new analysis of health records and sales receipts from alcoholic drinks shows that hospitalisations for assault go up in direct relation to increased alcohol sales near the victims' homes."

Rise in arrests of women drunks / BBC, 2 May 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7379333.stm
"The number of women arrested for being drunk and disorderly has increased by more than 50% in parts of the UK in the last five years, police figures show. Figures were provided to Channel 4 News Online by 38 of the UK's 52 police forces."

[Scotland] Last disorders
Jane's Police Review, 18 April 2008
http://jpr.janes.com
"Glasgow has earned a name for violence and drunkenness spilling on to the city centre streets at closing time. Sarah Bebbington discovers how Strathclyde Police has been making the area a safer place to be at weekends..."
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Alcohol disorder zones guidance / Home Office, 31 March 2008
PDF - http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-and-publications/publication/operational-policing/alcohol-disorder-zone-guidance?view=Binary

Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) E-bulletin - January 2008 / Home Office
http://digbig.com/4wpdb
"Provides a monthly update provides information on developments in the Drug Interventions Programme."

The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime
and disorder: an evaluation / Home Office, 4th March 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr04c.pdf
Research report 4

Early experiences of the Licensing Act 2003 in the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber regions / Home Office - RDS, February 2008
Home Office Research Report 05
Summary
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05.pdf
Appendix A: Numbers and methods
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05appa.pdf
Appendix B: Levels and timing of crime and disorder
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05appb.pdf

Evaluation of the Impact of the Licensing Act 2003 / DCMS, 4 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wneb
Appendix A: The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder: an evaluation / Home Office, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnec
Home Office Research Report 04
Appendix B: Scrutiny Council Initiative: Progress Report 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnee
Appendix C: Licensing Act 2003: Impact on terminal hour by market segment (i.e. actual closing times) / Compiled by CGA Strategy for the DCMS, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnef

Rise of "Le Binge Drinking?" / Telegraph, 28 December 2007
http://digbig.com/4werc
Jon Doust
"The social taboo against appearing drunk in public is powerful in France."

Drinking places: Where people drink and why / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, December 2007
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2113-where-people-drink.pdf
Gill Valentine, Sarah L. Holloway, Mark Jayne and Charlotte Knell
"The Government’s recent relaxation of the licensing laws has focused attention on binge drinking by young people in public places. This study examined alcohol consumption in two contrasting geographical areas (one urban, one rural), including attitudes to and use of alcohol across various social groupings, by age, gender, social class and faith."

Licensing of gaming clubs (including bingo clubs): Supplementary advice to the Gambling Commission's Memorandum of Advice, issued to Licensing Justices and Licensing Boards for the 2007 licensing sessions, to be used for the 2008 licensing sessions / Gambling Commission, December 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wemn