Bringing together evidence, policy and practice to reduce alcohol harm
Violence and crime
IAS response to consultation on Northern Ireland Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy
Alcohol-related crime reporting – what do we know?
Summary Introduction The level of alcohol-related crime that occurs in the UK annually is likely to be an underestimate for several reasons linked to the...
Alcohol, the emergency services and the criminal justice system
Summary Introduction Survey data suggests that alcohol takes up most of emergency service frontline staff’s time, at huge cost to the UK taxpayer. Emergency service...
Crime and disorder in the night time economy
Summary Introduction The most recent official statistics on violent crime in England and Wales found that vast majority of violent incidents that occurred over the...
Domestic abuse, sexual assault, and child abuse
Summary Introduction There is a large and growing body of literature that suggests alcohol is a main factor in many, if not the majority of...
Driving factors of alcohol-related crime
Summary Introduction Aspects of the on- and off-trade have been identified as influencing rates of alcohol-related crime. In recent years, two important parallel trends in...
Patterns in alcohol-related violence: exploring recent declines in alcohol-related violence in England and Wales
Figures from the UK Office for National Statistics (2021a) suggest that alcohol-related violence in England and Wales has been declining – both as a total...
IAS response to consultation on Late Night Levy Fees
IAS response to consultation on the Redesign of the Crime Survey for England and Wales
IAS Annual Report 2021/22
IAS response to consultation on the refresh of the violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence National Strategy, Wales
IAS response to consultation on new duties on local authorities to provide domestic abuse support in safe accommodation in England
Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy Institute of Alcohol Studies Submission
Joint Briefing on the Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21
Alcohol alone is not a cause of domestic abuse, and never an excuse. There are, however, a number of ways in which alcohol and domestic...
Inequalities in victimisation: alcohol, violence, and anti-social behaviour
The links between alcohol and violence, as well as alcohol and anti-social behaviour (ASB), are widely recognised. Less is understood about how experiences of alcohol-related...
IAS response to Violence and abuse toward shop staff consultation
IAS response to Home Affairs Committee serious violence inquiry
IAS response to Consultation on a new legal duty to support a multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence
IAS response to Home Affairs Select Committee Domestic Abuse Inquiry
IAS response to Sexual harassment of women and girls in public places