Information Regarding SC Logic Models

UNDERAGE DRINKING

Contributing General description of Possible strategies Factor/Underlyin Possible local conditions Measured by: factor/underlying condition to employ g Condition  Alcohol access at social events  Social event  Lax enforcement of alcohol laws/policies monitoring & Social norms can send a conscious or  Community sectors’ (family, school, etc.) enforcement unconscious message to community lack of attention/concern regarding members that underage alcohol use Social norms underage drinking  High-visibility will be accepted. Those attitudes accepting and/or  Lack of local advocacy groups (e.g., drug- best practice affect youth’s decisions and affect encouraging use free or SADD youth groups) enforcement the environment that adults create  Community practices that may involve operations for youth. Social norms could, alcohol (hunting, boating, tailgating, etc.) however, discourage youth use.  Cultural practices or beliefs that may  Community support alcohol use media advocacy  Lack of use of appropriate best practice  Social event enforcement operations monitoring &  Lack of public awareness of enforcement Even when sufficient laws are in enforcement  Insufficient levels of enforcement, overall place, enforcement may not be  High-visibility or in a part of a county, due to lack of adequately funded or equitably or best practice Insufficient funding, training, or prioritization properly enforced. Also, proper enforcement enforcement of  In appropriate acceptance of plea enforcement may exist, but the operations laws bargaining judicial system may not address  Adjudication  Failure to impose specified offenders in a manner that the systems penalties/diversion programs community expects. enhancement  Insufficient communication b/w law  Community enforcement and judicial officials on the media advocacy required elements of a properly made case Easy social access Social access includes receiving,  Adults providing alcohol to youth  High-visibility stealing, or buying alcohol from  Parties where ample alcohol is available to best practice

1Last updated 7/19/10 youth enforcement  Youth giving money to someone 21 or friends, relatives, and strangers. operations older to purchase them alcohol Youth most frequently access alcohol  Community  Inadequate controls on alcohol present in through adults providing it for them media advocacy the home or at social events or from inadequate controls on  Social event  Inadequate restrictions on alcohol use at available alcohol. monitoring & locations like beaches, parks, lakes, etc. enforcement  Sales at unlicensed establishments Some youth obtain alcohol through  Retailers selling to youth under 21  High-visibility direct purchase from a retail outlet  Inadequate policies/procedures by retail best practice (on- or off-premise), whether establishments (e.g., failure to use enforcement through use of a fake ID or improper electronic age verification equipment, operations Easy retail access actions by the establishment. When having only bouncers check IDs, no age  Merchant retail alcohol is cheap, convenient, restrictions on sales staff) education and easily accessible, people drink  High density of alcohol outlets  Community more and the rates of alcohol  Use of fake IDs media advocacy problems are higher.  Potential for direct online sales to youth  Happy Hour or other promotions that  Alcohol encourage excessive alcohol use advertising  Messages glorifying alcohol use on the TV, restrictions Messages promoting alcohol, radio, internet, etc.  Community Inappropriate whether intentionally or  Availability of youth-friendly products media advocacy promotion of use unintentionally directed at youth, are  Alcohol advertising that is appealing to  High-visibility pervasive and influential. youth or placed in places frequented by best practice youth enforcement  Alcohol sponsorship of community events operations The consumption of alcohol is affected by its price, especially for  Happy Hour or other promotions that  Increase product youth. Discounted drink specials encourage excessive alcohol use price Low or discount encourage consumption. Some pricing products that contain distilled spirits  Low unit price of alcohol, particularly for  Community are taxed at the much lower beer tax products inappropriately taxed media advocacy rate.

2Last updated 7/19/10  Lack of effective laws/policies/ordinances, such as social host liability, “dram shop” liability, restrictions on outlet density, underage drinking courts, or Graduated  Community Enforcement or regulators can be Driver’s Licenses mobilization for Insufficient laws hindered by a lack of, or insufficient,  Regulations that do not produce adequate policy change and policies laws, ordinances, regulations, or controls or accountability on alcohol policies. availability  Community  Regulations that do not produce adequate media advocacy controls over products with high alcohol content or that include energy-enhancing ingredients  School policies that do not incorporate the key elements of model policies Many school policies often do not  Policies that are not carried out as written  Model school incorporate the elements of model  Policies that address penalties only policies with Insufficient policies that have been developed.  Policies with penalties that do not enforcement enforcement of In addition, many policies are adequately address the seriousness of the school policies sufficient on paper but do not have issue  Community the intended impact due to failure to  media advocacy implement fully or consistently. Policies that do not include all school- related events and areas (e.g., class trips, athletic areas) Early underage drinking behaviors can often be identified by educated  Low capacity of adults to identify signs of  Improved parents, school staff, etc. When underage drinking by youth Lack of screening and underage drinking behavior is identification of referral systems identified and it is not addressed  Insufficient penalties, including those too early problem sufficiently, an opportunity is missed lax, without an educational opportunity, or behaviors  Community to prevent future underage drinking lacking follow through, when underage media advocacy and the consequences that often drinking is identified come with it.

3Last updated 7/19/10 DUI CRASHES

Contributing General description of Possible strategies Factor/Underlyin Possible local conditions Measured by: factor/underlying condition to employ g Condition Many DUI offenders already have a  Insufficient screening processes in systems DUI conviction. When an initial or that could potentially identify those with  Improved Lack of subsequent charge does not lead to drinking problems or inclinations to drive screening and identification of appropriate intervention, an after drinking referral systems problem opportunity is missed to prevent  Insufficient penalties, including those too behaviors future drinking and driving and the lax or without a proper screening,  Community consequences that often come with treatment, or educational opportunity, or media advocacy it. penalties lacking follow through  Lack of use of appropriate best practice enforcement operations  Adjudication  Insufficient levels of enforcement, overall systems Even when sufficient laws are in or in a part of a county, due to lack of enhancement place, enforcement may not be funding, training, or prioritization adequately funded or equitably or  Lack of public awareness of enforcement Insufficient  High-visibility properly enforced. Also, proper  Inappropriate acceptance of plea enforcement of best practice enforcement may exist, but the bargaining laws enforcement judicial system may not address  Failure to impose or follow through on operations offenders in a manner that the specified penalties/diversion programs community expects.  Inadequate support for prosecution  Community  Insufficient communication b/w law media advocacy enforcement and judicial officials on the required elements of a properly made case Social norms Social norms send a conscious or  Alcohol access at social events  High-visibility accepting and/or unconscious message to community  Lax enforcement of alcohol laws/policies best practice encouraging use members that drinking and driving  Perception of low penalties for offenders or enforcement will be accepted. Those attitudes low likelihood of conviction operations affect decisions and affect the  Community sectors’ (family, school, etc.) environment in which those lack of attention/concern regarding  Social event decisions are made. Social norms drinking and driving monitoring &

4Last updated 7/19/10  Lack of local advocacy groups (e.g., MADD chapter, SADD club) enforcement could, however, discourage drinking  Community practices that may involve and driving. alcohol (hunting, boating, tailgating, etc.)  Community  Cultural practices or beliefs that may media advocacy support alcohol use  High-visibility State law forbids selling alcohol to an best practice  Lax enforcement of sale to intoxicated intoxicated patron, though it is rarely enforcement Over-service to patrons laws enforced, especially in on-premise operations intoxicated establishments where some patrons  Merchant patrons  Insufficient education or emphasis by retail will be driving home. Merchants may education establishments not adequately self-police, as well.  Community media advocacy  High-visibility best practice enforcement Impaired drivers may be leaving  Inadequate controls on alcohol provided at operations social events where there was social events Easy social access  Social event inadequate attention given to guests monitoring and driving home intoxicated  Sales at unlicensed establishments enforcement  Community media advocacy  High-visibility best practice enforcement The consumption of alcohol is  Happy Hour or other promotions that operations Low or discount affected by its price. Discounted encourage excessive alcohol use  Restrictions on pricing drink specials encourage higher alcohol consumption.  Low unit price of alcohol price/promotion  Community media advocacy Insufficient laws Enforcement or prosecution can be  Lack of effective laws/policies/ ordinances,  Community and policies hindered by a lack of, or insufficient, such as restrictions on outlet density, DUI mobilization for

5Last updated 7/19/10 courts, or strong administrative license revocation provisions policy change laws, ordinances, regulations, or  Regulations that do not produce adequate  Community policies. controls or accountability on alcohol media advocacy availability When drinkers choose not to drive,  Poor accessibility to public transportation  Increase their consumption does not raise the or paid transportation options (taxis, transportation Limited risk of crashes on the roadway. shuttles, etc.) options transportation Availability of transportation options options can help encourage drinkers not to  Insufficient or ineffective designated  Community drive. driver practices media advocacy

6Last updated 7/19/10