Publish and still perish?

Devilly, Grant J.

doi:10.1111/add.14044

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“…Rather bizarrely, Miller and colleagues claim here that we released our results to the media, prereview, and in support of this cite Edwards (2014) -a TV news story screened 6 months before we completed data collection. This issue of speaking with media at all has been raised in a recent letter to the editor at another journal (Devilly, 2017). Our field study was from 21 st August 2014 until 27 th February 2015, as outlined in our paper.…”

Section: Bouncing Freedom Of Speechmentioning

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“All the King’s horses and all the King’s men…”: What is broken should not always be put back together again

Devilly

2018

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“All the King’s horses and all the King’s men…”: What is broken should not always be put back together again

Devilly

2018

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…In addition to medical health risks, ‘Alcohol fuelled violence’ is an oft-cited reason for temperance legislation and efforts to restrict opening hours of establishments selling alcohol. In Australia, this approach to violence reduction in NEDS has led to significant scientific [10, 11] and political [12] controversy. It is undisputed that there are more assaults and violent acts in Australian NEDs that stay open late and where alcohol is available, than in districts where alcohol is not available or where the clubs have earlier closing hours [13].…”

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A big night out getting bigger: Alcohol consumption, arrests and crowd numbers, before and after legislative change

2019

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Background Restrictive practices on alcohol sales in entertainment districts have been introduced to reduce alcohol-related violence in youth. On 1 st July 2016, the Queensland State Government (Australia) imposed a 2-hour reduction in trading hours for alcohol sales in venues within specific night-time entertainment districts (NEDS; from 5am to 3am), a reduction in maximum trading hours for venues outside NEDs (with a maximum 2am closing time), the banning of ‘rapid intoxication drinks’ (e.g. shots) after 12am, and no new approvals for trading hours beyond 10pm for the sale of takeaway alcohol. No independent study has evaluated general levels of intoxication, crowd numbers, fear of violence, and illicit substance use as people enter and exit NEDS, both before and after the introduction of restrictive legislation. Further, no study has assessed the impact using matched times of the year in a controlled study and also assessed actual assault rates as recorded by the police. Method We conducted 3 studies–randomly breath-testing patrons for alcohol, as they entered and exited NEDs. Study 1 assessed patrons’ (n = 807) breath approximated blood alcohol concentration (BrAC) and predictions of how the legislation would change their drinking habits before the legislation was enacted. Study 2 assessed crime statistics and patrons’ BrAC levels and drug taking reports on an equivalent night, one year apart–before (n = 497) and after (n = 406) the new legislation. Study 3 was a test of the generalisation of Study 2 with two months of survey and BrAC data collected as people entered and exited the NEDs over two consecutive years before (n = 652 and n = 155) and one year after (n = 460) the new legislation. In Study 3 we also collected crime statistics and data on people leaving the entertainment district one year before (n = 502) and one year after (n = 514) the legislative change. Findings People predicted that the legislation would lead to them drinking more alcohol before they entered town or make little change to their drinking habits. Baseline data over the 2 years before the legislation (Study 3) demonstrated stable preloading rates and BrAC at entry to the NEDs. However, after the introduction of the legislation patrons entered the NEDs systematically later and increased their alcohol preloading. People were substantially more inebriated as they entered the NEDs after the legislative change, with approximately 50% fewer people not preloading after the new laws. Exit BrAC was less consistent but showed some evidence of an increase. Crime statistics and patrons’ self-reported experiences of violence did not change. Interpretation Legislation that does not specifically adapt to the cultural shift of preloading and take local conditions into account will be unsuccessful in reducing alcohol consumption. Such legislation is unlikely to meaningfully change assault rates in youth.

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“… 2 3 4 5 6 This phrase was not born yesterday, but has been stated to have originated with the sociologist Wilson as long ago as 1942. 4 Other variations with the same theme are ubiquitous—“ publish and perish ,” 7 8 “ publish and still perish ,” 9 “ to publish or not to publish ,” 10 11 “ publish or be ethical ,” 12 “ why publish? ” 13 14 “ publish for purpose ,” 15 as a short list.…”

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