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Multicomponent programme based on community mobilisation to reduce crimes and irresponsible use of alcohol in recreational premises
Summary of the evidence
The project STAD (Stockholm Prevents Alcohol and Drug Problems), a multicomponent programme that has been active for ten years based on community mobilisation, training in RBS for servers and stricter enforcement of existing alcohol laws, was found in two narrative reviews (Calafat, 2010; Calafat, Juan and Duch, 2009) to be effective in:
- decreasing police-reported violent crimes by 29 % in the intervention area, compared with the control area.
- decreasing alcohol-related problems at licensed premises (only narrative results).
- increasing refusal of alcohol to intoxicated clients (from 5 % in 1996 to 47 % in 1999 and 70 % in 2001) in licensed premises and in increasing refusal to serve minors (from 55 % in 1996 to 59 % in 1999 and 68 % in 2001).
