Issues and Possible Consequences of Recriminalization of Public Drunkenness: An Informational Report

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Conn, Stephen
Endell, Roger V.
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alcohol & alcohol abuse
crime
legislation
public inebriates
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10719
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JC 8303
Abstract
This report evaluates the possible impact of recriminalization of public intoxication in Alaska. Review of national and state reports and information on the decriminalization of public drunkenness in Alaska lead to the conclusion that recriminalization will either require a significant increase in funding for justice operations or substantial reallocation of limited public safety resources. Recriminalization is unlikely to result in improved treatment of alcohol abusers or to reduce serious crime. Public drunks are more likely to be crime victims rather than perpetrators of serious crimes.
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SUMMARY / The Problem / Summary of Findings / Conclusion / ISSUES RELATED TO LAWS PROHIBITING PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS / Can Drunkenness be Made a Crime? / What Was the Effect of the Previous Alaska Drunk Statute? / How Much Will it Cost to Administer the Enforcement of a Public Drunkenness Statute? / Will The Recriminalization of Public Drunkenness "Streamline" the Involuntary Commitment Process? / Can Corrections Handle the Increased Work? / How Would the Statute Affect Alaska Natives? / Would Drunk in Public Arrests Cure Crime and Violence? / Will the Serious Crime Rate Be Reduced by Recriminalization of Public Drunkenness? / What Will a Public Intoxiction Statute Achieve? / Are There Less Expensive or More Effective Approaches for Addressing the Problems of Public Intoxication? / APPENDIX. AS 11.45.032. Public drunkenness / BIBLIOGRAPHY
Date
1982-11-05
Publisher
Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Report
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Conn, Stephen; & Endell, Roger V. (1982). Issues and Possible Consequences of Recriminalization of Public Drunkenness: An Informational Report. Report prepared for the Municipality of Anchorage. Anchorage: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.
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