Enforcement Resources: Print Materials

The Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP), directed by Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD, is a research program within the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The mission of the AEP is to conduct advanced research to discover effective community and policy interventions to reduce alcohol-related social and health problems. AEP’s website is: http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/

CSAP’s Decision Support System (DSS) at http://www.preventiondss.org promotes scientific methods and programs for substance abuse prevention for use within communities and State prevention systems. You can use this site to learn how to assess your needs, gain insight into how to further develop your agency capacity, and choose among effective prevention programs.

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. (1999). Strategies to Reduce Underage Alcohol Use: Typology and Brief Overview. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Prevention Enhancement Protocols System (PEPS). (1999). Preventing Problems Related to Alcohol Availability: Environmental Approaches. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available online at: http://www.health.org:80/govpubs/PHD822/.

Prevention Enhancement Protocols System (PEPS). (1999). Reducing Tobacco Use Among Youth: Community-Based Approaches. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Available online at: http://www.health.org:80/govpubs/PHD745/

Toomey, T. and Wagenaar, A. (1999). Policy options for prevention: The case of alcohol. Journal of Public Health Policy, 20(2):193-212.

Training

CSAP’s Northeast CAPT is developing a series of trainings, with videos, that will buildpractitioners' capacity to incorporate each of the seven prevention strategies into their efforts.

Compliance Checks

Alcohol Epidemiology Program. (2000). Alcohol compliance checks: A procedure manual for enforcing alcohol age-of-sale laws. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota. http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol. This manual is designed for public officials, law enforcement officers, and alcohol-regulation agents as a practical guide for developing and implementing a compliance check system for establishments that sell or serve alcohol. The guidelines were drawn from the experiences of many communities around the nation that already conduct compliance checks, as well as from the experience of knowledgeable leaders in the law enforcement community. Included in the appendices are a number of practical resources including checklists, model ordinances, sample letters to retailers, sample print ads, posters, and PSAs, consent forms, and other tools.

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. (1998). Reducing Alcohol Sales to Underage Purchasers: A Practical Guide to Compliance Investigations. Rockville, MD: This concise guide provides guidelines and operational information on reducing sales of alcohol to underage purchasers through compliance investigations of alcohol retailers. It is designed to provide guidance for carrying out retail compliance checks at liquor and convenience stores, but is also applicable for investigations of restaurants and bars.

Higher Education Enforcement

The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention works with colleges and universities throughout the country to change campus culture, foster environments that promote healthy lifestyles, and prevent illegal alcohol and other drug use among students. The Center is located at Education Development Center, Inc., 55 Chapel Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1060; Phone: (800) 676-1730; Fax: (617) 928-1537; website: http://www.edc.org/hec/.

Wechsler, H., Moeykens, B.A. and DeJong, W. (1995). Enforcing the Minimum Drinking Age Law: A Survey of College Administrators and Security Chiefs. Harvard School of Public Health. A detailed examination of how rules against underage drinking are currently enforced reveals that school administrators and security officials are missing key opportunities for more effective action to enforce the minimum drinking age. This bulletin looks at the implications for college administrators and offers recommendations for creating a safe environment in which all students can prepare for their futures.