Underage Drinking Enforcement Teleconference Series
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23 September 2005
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Underage Drinking Enforcement Teleconference Series |
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (within the U.S. Department of Justice) to support its Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program. The Center mission is to provide science-based, practical, and effective training and technical assistance services to States and communities working to combat underage drinking through law enforcement and environmental strategies. Each month UDECT hosts an audio-teleconference on a topic related to the prevention of underage drinking. Participants can call in to a toll-free number to listen, learn, and ask questions of speakers. Participants can also log-on to an audio-teleconference web site to view presentation materials as the audio teleconference is in session.
October 20, 2005 3:00 - 4:15
p.m. Eastern Time
IOM Report - Update From the States, Local Communities, & Law
Enforcement
Speakers will provide an update of their implementation of the recommendations
of the 2003 Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council of the National
Academies of Science report, "Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective
Responsibility". States, local communities and law enforcement will address
how they successfully implemented strategy recommendations to prevent underage
access to alcohol and foster the adoption of sustainable systematic change in
policies and practice.
November 17, 2005 3:00 - 4:15
p.m. Eastern Time
Judiciary Guidance in Addressing Underage Drinking in Communities
Alcohol is the number one drug choice of youth. It's not kids just being kids,
nor is it simply a rite of passage. There are many negative and often times
tragic consequences associated with underage drinking, including criminal offenses.
Judicial partners play a vital role in affecting the social norms and attitudes
of their communities regarding access of alcohol to minors, enforcement of the
underage drinking laws, and the resulting consequences of underage drinking.
Learn how judicial partners can provide guidance to community organizations,
enforcement officials, and other judicial leaders to create a strong social
norm against underage drinking and a safer environment for youth and the communities
in which they live.
December 15, 2005 3:00 - 4:15
p.m. Eastern Time
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-The Effective Use of Mapping
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a mapping tool that can assist communities
and enforcement agencies in identifying problems related to alcohol availability.
Areas that have a high density of alcohol outlets or exposure have been found
to generate alcohol-related problems and often affect the community's quality
of life. The audio call will share the strengths, and weaknesses of GIS, when
and how to apply GIS to show change over time and discuss how the results of
GIS mapping can be used in strategic planning and in the support of existing
environmental strategies.
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