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Alcohol – Reducing the personal and community impact of alcohol misuse
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Priority Number 2
Alcohol – Reducing the personal and community impact of alcohol misuse
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Outcomes: 6, 9
Evidence
Alcohol and drug abuse has a detrimental effect upon health and impacts on crime levels. Addressing substance abuse though
a partnership approach has the potential to improve health, reduce crime and generally enhance the feeling of well-being across
our communities.
The evidence of the mental state of the population is reflected in a number of factors such as stress, anxiety, illness etc.
The balance of care is required to shift from residential homes to care at home for as long as possible. By ensuring good
support networks and that facilities are available more people will be able to remain in their homes and live independently
for longer.
Moray is a safe place to live for most residents. However alcohol is a factor in many incidents of crime and disorder within
the area and jeopardises the safety of residents. Alcohol use features in many offending behaviours including crime, youth
offending and domestic abuse. As the actions to change behaviour are being address in other outcomes, the focus for delivery
against this outcome will be to concentrate on alcohol-related crime
Relevance to National Outcome 6The most significant improvement which can be made in Moray is to address the areas within the health of the population which
are not a good as the national picture.
Relevance to National Outcome 9
The most significant improvement which can be made in Moray is to reduce alcohol-related crime
Progress & Achievements in 2008-9
Since the first Anti Social behaviour Contract (ABC) was negotiated on 12th July 2005, there have been a total of 106 referrals, 47 of which resulted in the negotiation of an ABC (11 are still pending).
Of the 47, 30 have been successful, 10 unsuccessful and 7 are still live. This is a 75% success rate (based on successful
completions as percentage of all those completed).
In Moray, for the period ended 31st March 2007, 43 children were identified as persistent young offenders and 44% of offence referrals were attributed to persistent
young offenders, above the national average of 32.5%. Over the last 3 fiscal years the number of young offenders and number
of charges for under 16 years old is virtually unchanged. The number of incidents attended by police that involved offenders
under 16 yrs has increased slightly.
Drink driving has reduced in Moray over recent years, from 178 offences in 2004 to 159 in 2006. However, there have been
85 drink-driving collisions in this 3-year period, causing 3 fatalities, 13 serious injuries and 33 slight injuries.
During the first 3 quarters of 2007/08, there have been 28 operations “Avons” carried out across Moray to tackle underage
drinking.
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