@article{ref1,
title="Impacts of Northern Territory banned drinker register on police recorded youth assault",
journal="Drug and alcohol review",
year="2024",
author="Baldwin, Ryan and Miller, Peter G. and Coomber, Kerri and Scott, Debbie and Paradies, Yin",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: In September 2017 the Northern Territory Government of Australia introduced a banned drinker register (BDR) to mitigate the high levels of alcohol-related harm within the Northern Territory. The current study aimed to examine the impact of the Northern Territory BDR on youth (aged <18 years) using police recorded assault data. <br><br>METHODS: Interrupted time-series models were used to assess monthly trends in assaults and alcohol-related assaults perpetration and victimisation in the regions of Greater Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine between January 2014 and December 2019. <br><br>RESULTS: Examining the three regions combined, after the re-introduction of the BDR a significant step decrease in police recorded youth assault perpetration (β = -1.67) and a significant step increase in police recorded youth assault victimisation (β = 1.40) was identified. However, no significant effects were identified at the individual region level. <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that restricting alcohol consumption in high-risk adults through the BDR had a limited immediate effect in police recorded youth assaults. Individual level or contextual factors may have influenced both immediate and long-term impacts of the BDR, and as such, future policy design needs to support and empower community leaders across the policy development and implementation process. A wider evaluation of the BDR currently underway may provide additional understanding behind the mechanisms that underpin alcohol-related harm in the Northern Territory.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-5236",
doi="10.1111/dar.13804",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13804"
}