Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada.
Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada; Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia, 2300 McKenzie Ave, Victoria, British Columbia V8N 5M8, Canada.
Int J Drug Policy. 2017 Sep;47:18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.06.002. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
This article extends the risk environment framework to understand the factors that universities identify as influencing university students' risky drinking behaviours and universities attempts at managing risky alcohol use on their campuses.
This article examines data collected as part of qualitative fieldwork on university corporate security services, and others involved in university alcohol policy implementation (e.g., residence services), conducted at five Canadian universities. Interviews (n=56), fieldnotes from 246h of observations of university corporate security personnel, and university policy documents (i.e., codes of student behaviour, residence policies) were analysed to understand the influence of risk environments on high-risk alcohol use.
We identify three risk environments on university campuses in relation to the use and regulation of alcohol: the physical, social, and policy environments. Residence buildings and abutting spaces (physical risk environment) and the university "party" culture (social risk environment) are principal contributors to risk within their risk environments. University policies and practices (policy risk environment) attempt to modify these environments in order to manage risky alcohol use.
We suggest current approaches to regulating student alcohol use may not be the best approach to preventing harms (e.g., health problems, legal troubles) to students. Given university policies and practices have the potential to shape and influence risky alcohol use and associated harms we argue it is necessary for university administrators to adopt the best practices of "harm reduction" and seek new ways to address on-campus alcohol use.
本文扩展了风险环境框架，以了解大学认为影响大学生危险饮酒行为的因素，以及大学试图在校园内管理危险饮酒行为。
本文考察了在加拿大五所大学进行的关于大学企业安全服务以及其他参与大学酒精政策实施（如住宿服务）的定性实地工作中收集的数据。采访（n=56）、246 小时观察大学企业安全人员的实地笔记以及大学政策文件（即学生行为准则、住宿政策）进行了分析，以了解风险环境对高风险饮酒的影响。
我们确定了大学校园与酒精使用和管制有关的三个风险环境：物理环境、社会环境和政策环境。宿舍楼和毗邻空间（物理风险环境）以及大学“派对”文化（社会风险环境）是其风险环境中风险的主要来源。大学政策和实践（政策风险环境）试图改变这些环境，以管理危险的酒精使用。
我们认为，目前管制学生饮酒的方法可能不是预防学生伤害（如健康问题、法律麻烦）的最佳方法。鉴于大学政策和实践有可能塑造和影响危险饮酒行为及相关伤害，我们认为大学行政管理人员有必要采取“减少伤害”的最佳做法，并寻求新的方法来解决校园内的酒精使用问题。
