UQ Summer or Winter Research Project Description
Please use this template to create a description of each research project, eligibility
requirements and expected deliverables. Project details can then be uploaded to each
faculty, school, institute, and centre webpage prior to the launch of the program.
Project title:
Project duration:
Description:
Alcohol related assaults in Queensland (2004-2014): Variations by time of
day, day of week and location
6 weeks
Strong evidence exists of an association between alcohol and drug
consumption and violence. In 2014 the Queensland Government released
the ‘Safe Night Out Strategy’ outlining its approach for dealing with alcohol
and drug related violence, for example, the establishment of Safe Night
Precincts, new laws for violent behaviour and police empowerment to
respond quickly to alcohol and drug related violence.
Our recent analysis of alcohol-related assaults in Queensland (January 1st
2004 to June 30th 2014) (Ferris & Devaney, 2015) identified a stable and flat
trend between January 2004 and December 2006. For the first nine months
of 2007 there was a marked drop in the percentage of alcohol-related
assaults and following the 3rd quarter of 2007 to June 30th 2014, the
percentage of alcohol-related results continued to decline.
This project will provide an analysis of trends over time (10 years) and the
variations by time of day, day of week and location of the assault for three
alcohol-related assault series: all assaults, domestic violence related assaults
and assaults on Queensland Police
Time of day
day of week
Location
All Assaults
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Domestic Violence related Assaults
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Assaults on Police
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This research will provide QLD police and policy makers with current
information about alcohol related assault trends in Queensland to assist
them to more effectively target resources and responses to alcohol related
violence.
Expected
outcomes and
deliverables:
Please highlight what applicants can expect to gain/learn from participating
in the project, and what they will be expected to complete as a part of the
project.
- Conduct a literature search
- Creation of an endnote library
- Write up of literature for a report and journal article
- May include data cleaning and preparation
- May include descriptive data analysis
Suitable for:
Please highlight any particular qualities that individual supervisors are
looking for in applicants to assist with the selection process.
- Excellent writing skills
- Quantitative analysis skills (3rd / 4 th year level)
- Interest in alcohol and illicit drug policy/interventions
Primary
Supervisor:
Please insert supervisor name.
Dr Madonna Devaney
Further info:
Dr Madonna Devaney
Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
The University of Queensland | Building 31B, Room 104 | St Lucia Q 4072
Mobile +04 2217 1127
Email m.devaney@uq.edu.au