An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior
Two rural Eskimo towns of approximately 3,000 persons each have banned the sale but not the use of alcoholic beverages in their communities. In the town of Bethel, police pick up intoxicated persons and transport them to a sleep-off and treatment center. In the town of Barrow, police take intoxicate...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/10683 2023-05-15T15:39:35+02:00 An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior Conn, Stephen Boedeker, Bonnie 1983-03-24 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10683 en_US eng Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage Conn, Stephen; & Boedeker, Bonnie. (1983). "An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, Mar 1983. JC 7801.05 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10683 Alaska Natives alcohol & alcohol abuse Bethel Alaska bush justice health law enforcement local option law (alcohol) police protective custody (alcohol) rural justice Utqiagvik (Barrow) Working Paper 1983 ftunivalaska 2023-02-23T21:37:32Z Two rural Eskimo towns of approximately 3,000 persons each have banned the sale but not the use of alcoholic beverages in their communities. In the town of Bethel, police pick up intoxicated persons and transport them to a sleep-off and treatment center. In the town of Barrow, police take intoxicated persons into protective custody. Each town uses its police practice as an alternative to arrests for drunken behavior, decriminalized by the 1972 Alaska State Legislature. At least half of the adult population is picked up in each place. The authors seek to measure the impact of these differing approaches on violence related to alcohol use by employing Indian Health Service data in lieu of poorly maintained police data. Research conducted pursuant to Grant No. 1 H84 AA03183-01 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Introduction / Alcohol Control Through Police Activity / Hospital Records / Police Pickups for Drunken Behavior in Rural Towns / The Scope and Historical Dimensions of Preventive Police Pickups / Examples of the Scope of Police Pickups in Bethel and Barrow / Citizen Involvement in the Barrow and Bethel Approaches / Changing Police Resources / Use of Hospital Records / Our Analysis / Conclusion / Bibliography / Tables Report Barrow eskimo* Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Indian |
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Two rural Eskimo towns of approximately 3,000 persons each have banned the sale but not the use of alcoholic beverages in their communities. In the town of Bethel, police pick up intoxicated persons and transport them to a sleep-off and treatment center. In the town of Barrow, police take intoxicated persons into protective custody. Each town uses its police practice as an alternative to arrests for drunken behavior, decriminalized by the 1972 Alaska State Legislature. At least half of the adult population is picked up in each place. The authors seek to measure the impact of these differing approaches on violence related to alcohol use by employing Indian Health Service data in lieu of poorly maintained police data. Research conducted pursuant to Grant No. 1 H84 AA03183-01 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Introduction / Alcohol Control Through Police Activity / Hospital Records / Police Pickups for Drunken Behavior in Rural Towns / The Scope and Historical Dimensions of Preventive Police Pickups / Examples of the Scope of Police Pickups in Bethel and Barrow / Citizen Involvement in the Barrow and Bethel Approaches / Changing Police Resources / Use of Hospital Records / Our Analysis / Conclusion / Bibliography / Tables |
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An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior |
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An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior |
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An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior |
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An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior |
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An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior |
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analysis of outpatient accident trends in two dry eskimo towns as a measure of alternative police responses to drunken behavior |
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Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage |
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Conn, Stephen; & Boedeker, Bonnie. (1983). "An Analysis of Outpatient Accident Trends in Two Dry Eskimo Towns as a Measure of Alternative Police Responses to Drunken Behavior". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, Mar 1983. JC 7801.05 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10683 |
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