The Auditing of Alcohol Related Crime and Disorder

Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, all local authorities have a statutory obligation to conduct three yearly ‘Crime and Disorder Audits’, which include the measure of alcohol related crime and disorder.

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Deehan, A. and Saville, E. (2000) Crime and Disorder Partnerships: Alcohol-Related Crime and Disorder in Audit and Strategy Documents,
Home Office Briefing Note 9/00, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit, London: Home Office

Tierney, J and Hobbs, D (2003) Alcohol Related Crime and Disorder Data: Guidance for Local partnerships,
Home Office Report, 08/03.
Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Local Authorities have a statutory obligation to audit alcohol related crime and disorder; these reports provide guidance on the types of data sources that can be used for the purpose, grounded in the methodological perspectives.

Additional work on this topic has been published by the same author:

Tierney, J., Harris, P. and Morgan, C. (2001) Implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998: Improving Audits, First Stage Report, County Durham and Darlington Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.

Tierney, J. (2001) ‘Audits of Crime and Disorder: Some Lessons from Research’, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 7-17.

Tierney, J (2002) Audits, and Crime and Disorder: Lessons from the Research, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal 3(2).

Tierney, J (2004) “Making Links: The Auditing of Alcohol Related Crime and Disorder”, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal 6(3).