Burns L, Flaherty B, Ireland S, Frances M
NSW Department of Health, Drug and Alcohol Directorate, North Sydney, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 1995;14(4):369-75. doi: 10.1080/09595239500185501.
The aim of this study was to test the effect of heightened police enforcement of the NSW Liquor and Registered Clubs Acts on overall criminal offences and, specifically, the number of assaults. Ten police patrols were included in the study. Five of these patrols were allocated to the experimental condition and five were allocated to the control condition. Beat police in the experimental controls conducted frequent but random visits to predesignated licensed premises over a 2-month period. Police in the control patrols maintained their normal duties. Numbers of offences in the experimental and control patrols were then compared for 2 months before the intervention, for the 2-month intervention phase and for 2 months post-intervention. Results of the study indicated a significant increase in the number of offences in the experimental patrols during the intervention phase. Reasons for this increase are discussed.
本研究的目的是检验新南威尔士州酒类及注册俱乐部法案中加强警方执法力度对总体刑事犯罪，特别是袭击事件数量的影响。该研究纳入了十支警察巡逻队。其中五支巡逻队被分配到实验条件组，五支被分配到控制条件组。实验对照组的巡警在两个月的时间里对预先指定的持牌场所进行频繁但随机的巡查。控制巡逻组的警察维持其正常职责。然后比较了干预前两个月、为期两个月的干预期以及干预后两个月实验巡逻组和控制巡逻组的犯罪数量。研究结果表明，在干预期，实验巡逻组的犯罪数量显著增加。文中讨论了这一增加的原因。
