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Back to Table of Contentsin assaults. While there was a significant increase in drunk driving, the authors posit that this might have beendue to a change in the surveillance strategy of police.Chikritzhs, T., & Stockwell, T. (2002). The impact of later trading hours for Australian public houses(hotels) on levels of violence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63(5), 591-599.These articles chronicle the effects of later alcoholic beverage trading hours in public houses in Perth, WesternAustralia on violence, impaired driver road crashes and driver breath alcohol levels. In Western Australia,the Liquor Licensing Act of 1988 outlines closing times for premises which are licensed to sell alcoholicbeverages. The act also allows these establishments to obtain an extended trading permit which allows foran hour of extra trading at closing times. When considering levels of violence, the authors compared thenumber of assaults associated with hotels that did and did not hold an extended trading permit. Resultsshowed a significantly greater number of assaults associated with hotels which held extended trading permits.Concerning traffic crashes and driver breath alcohol content, the authors also found a significant differenceassociated with hotels which held extended permits. However, no association was found between hotels thatheld extended trading permits and driver breath alcohol level.Additional References Not Annotated for Section 2.2.5Popova S., Giesbrecht N., Bekmuradov D., & Patra J. (2009) Hours and days of sale and density of alcoholoutlets: impacts on alcohol consumption and damage: a systematic review. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(5),500-516.Vingilis, E., McLeod, A. I., Mann, R. E., & Seeley, J. (2008). A tale of two cities: the effect of extendeddrinking hours in licensed establishments on impaired driving and assault charges. Traffic Injury Prevention,9(6), 527-533.McMillan, G. P., Hanson, T. E., & Lapham, S. C. (2007). Geographic variability in alcohol-related crashes inresponse to legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales in Mew Mexico. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 39(2),252-257.Vingilis, E. (2007). The Effects of Establishing Closing Hours in Juarez, Mexico. Paper presented at theLimits on Hours of Sales and Service: Effects on Traffic Safety, Irvine, CA.Voas, R. B., Romano, E., & Kelley-Baker, T. (2007). The Effects of Establishing Closing Hours in Juarez,Mexico. Paper presented at the Traffic Safety and Alcohol Regulation: A Symposium, Irvine, CA.Chikritzhs, T., & Stockwell, T. (2006). The impact of later trading hours for hotels on levels of impaired driverroad crashes and driver breath alcohol levels. Addiction, 101(9), 1254-1264.Vingilis, E., McLeod, A. I., Seeley, J., Mann, R., Voas, R., & Compton, C. (2006). The impact of Ontario’sextended drinking hours on cross-border cities of Windsor and Detroit. Accident Analysis & Prevention,38(1), 63-70.Vingilis, E., McLeod, A. I., Seeley, J., Mann, R. E., Beirness, D., & Compton, C. P. (2005). Road safety impactof extended drinking hours in Ontario. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 37(3), 549-556.Foster, J. (2003). Extended alcohol licensing hours in England and Wales: There will be a large price to pay.Education, Prevention and Policy, 10, 285-287.Drummond, D. C. (2000). UK government announces first major relaxation in the alcohol licensing laws fornearly a century: Drinking in the UK goes 24-7. Addiction, 95(7), 997-998.47Back to Table of Contents