Facilitating police recording of the alcohol-related characteristics of assault incidents: A stepped wedge implementation trial

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-39

  Wiggers, John H ^a,b   Hacker, Andrew ^a   Kingsland, Melanie ^a,b   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^b   Tindall, Jennifer ^b   Bowman, Jennifer A ^c   Wolfenden, Luke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Population Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Assault; Data collection; Intervention; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955669227     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12330     Document Type: Article

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