@article{ref1,
title="The prospective impact of 10-day patron bans on crime in Queensland's largest  entertainment precincts",
journal="Drug and alcohol review",
year="2020",
author="Taylor, Nicholas and Coomber, Kerri and Zahnow, Renee and Ferris, Jason and Mayshak, Richelle and Miller, Peter G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Night-time entertainment precincts (NEP) are the site of a  disproportionate amount of alcohol-related violence, injuries and anti-social  behaviour. To combat this the Queensland government introduced patron bans in  October 2014, giving police the power to exclude individuals from NEPs and  preventing patrons from remaining in or entering the designated area or from  designated premises for the ban duration. Mandatory identification scanners within  licensed venues were also introduced, which are used to enforce patron bans. This  study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of police-issued 10-day patron bans for  preventing alcohol-related violence or anti-social behaviour occurring within NEPs  during high-alcohol hours. <br><br>METHODS: Queensland's largest NEPs; Brisbane central  business district, Fortitude Valley and Surfers Paradise central business district;  were examined. Time-series autoregressive integrated moving average analyses were  used to estimate the influence of 10-day patron bans on police-recorded serious  assaults, common assaults and good order offences. Analyses controlled for the  introduction of relevant policy and identification scanners. <br><br>RESULTS: The number of  police-issued patron bans did not significantly predict changes in serious assault,  common assault or good order offence trends the weekend following the ban (within  the 10-day period). <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The current study was unable to find  evidence indicating that 10-day patron bans reduced alcohol-related harms  experienced in Queensland's largest NEPs in the short term. Further research needs  to be conducted examining other types of patron bans, particularly longer bans  issued in other jurisdictions or by licensees, and whether bans change individual's  behaviour.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-5236",
doi="10.1111/dar.13234",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13234"
}