Purpose Developing policies to curb public alcohol consumption is a priority for governments. In the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), local governments have introduced alcohol-free zones (AFZs) and alcohol-prohibited areas (APAs) to prohibit the public consumption of alcohol and reduce crime stemming from intoxication. Previous studies, however, argue that these policies are driven by stakeholder desire rather than alcohol-related crime and may result in increased criminal justice contact for vulnerable populations. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the number of AFZs and APAs in NSW and examine the extent to which these policies are connected to the frequency of alcohol-related crime. Design/methodology/approach Examining the 152 local government areas (LGAs) of NSW, the authors analysed whether the implementation of AFZs and APAs were linked to the frequency of liquor offences and assaults using group-based trajectory models. Findings The authors found that AFZs and APAs were often not advertised nor inconsistently implemented both across and within jurisdictions. Group-based trajectory models indicated that AFZs were more common in low liquor offence LGAs than high liquor offences LGAs, but were more frequently implemented in high assault LGAs compared to low assault LGAs. APAs were more common in the lowest crime LGAs compared to those LGAs that experienced higher levels of recorded crime. Originality/value These analyses demonstrate how widespread AFZs and APAs have become and provides evidence that the implementation of is only tenuously linked to the frequency of crime.

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新南威尔士州（澳大利亚）的无酒区和禁酒区的拼凑而成

目的制定遏制公共酒精消费的政策是政府的首要任务。在澳大利亚新南威尔士州（NSW），地方政府已经建立了无酒精区（AFZs）和禁酒区（APA），以禁止公众饮酒并减少中毒引起的犯罪。但是，先前的研究认为，这些政策是由利益相关者的欲望驱动的，而不是与酒精有关的犯罪，并且可能导致脆弱人群的刑事司法联系增加。本文的目的是估计新南威尔士州的AFZ和APA的数量，并研究这些政策与酒精相关犯罪发生率的关联程度。设计/方法/方法检查新南威尔士州的152个地方政府区域（LGAs），作者使用基于群体的轨迹模型分析了AFZ和APA的实施是否与酒后违法和殴打的频率相关联。调查结果作者发现，AFZ和APA常常在各个辖区内和辖区内都没有做广告或不一致的实施。基于组的轨迹模型表明，AFZ在低酒度违法LGA中比高酒度违法LGA更为常见，但与低度袭击LGA相比，在高度侵袭LGA中更频繁地实施AFZ。与最低犯罪率的LGA相比，犯罪记录最低的LGA更为普遍。独创性/价值这些分析证明了AFZ和APA的普及程度，并提供了证据表明AFZ和APA的实施仅与犯罪频率紧密相关。