2000 Conference Explores Policy Solutions to the Alcohol-Crime Connection

Published: Apr 01, 2003

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The National Crime Prevention Council convened Alcohol Policy XII, "Alcohol and Crime: Research and Practice for Prevention," which took place June 11–14, 2000 in Washington.

The conference was the 12th in a series of national meetings dedicated to discussing innovative policy approaches and research for preventing alcohol-related problems.

Key Results

  • Almost 500 people attended the event, the largest audience ever to attend this conference series.
  • The conference offered 76 workshops specifically designed to engage conference participants from diverse public health and criminal justice backgrounds.
  • Each workshop session concluded with a discussion of "Key Learnings and Recommendations." (See Appendix 2 for the learnings and recommendations.)

Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided $196,407 in partial support of the conference from March 2000 to August 2000.

RWJF co-sponsored the previous conference, "Common Goals, Common Challenges: Creating Alcohol-Safe Communities through Alcohol Policies," held in Chicago in May 1988 (ID# 032190).

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Listed below is one grant that supported this project.

Grant Awarded to Amount
12th national alcohol policy conference National Crime Prevention Council Inc. (Washington, DC)
ID#: 038022
Colleen K. Minson
202-261-4129
kweinig@ncpc.org
Actual award: $196,407
March 2000 to August 2000

RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.

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