Alcohol-Server Training
| Published date | 01 October 1993 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059304000309 |
| Date | 01 October 1993 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
decided that servers of alcohol have a
civil liability for the conduct of their
intoxicated patrons and guests
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(’server/host liability’). Server or host
liability means a server of alcohol can be
held liable for the damages and injuries
caused by intoxicated patrons and/or
guests. In the USA large compensation
payments have been ordered by the
Alcohol-
courts to groups and individuals who
have claimed that alcohol sellers and/or
servers have acted irresponsibly when
allowing customers or guests to become
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intoxicated and through their actions have
consequently suffered or caused harm.
Thus the role of the server in the
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prevention of intoxication and subsequent
harm is seen as crucial.
A number of server intervention
Education initiatives to raise the
programmes exist in the USA, Canada,
Mexico, New Zealand and the
awareness of offenders about
Netherlands. The programmes cover
alcohol consumption and crime
topics such as alcohol and the law, the
are familiar enough but little is
effect of alcohol on health, ways of
known yet of the
preventing intoxication and dealing with
scope for
intoxicated persons. Research has
intervention with providers of
supported the effectiveness of server
alcohol. Susan Light and Jane
intervention in reducing the level of
O’Brien of the Law Faculty,
alcohol intoxication by patrons and
University of the West of
problems stemming from alcohol sales
and service. Schemes now exist in all 50
England, chart the development
states in the USA and in some states
of AST Schemes.
AST is a mandatory licensing pre-
Alcohol-Server Training (AST) involves
requisite.
instruction and/or education for those
England and Wales have been slow
whose work involves the serving of
in organising server training, perhaps due
alcohol in off-
to the refusal of the courts to
or on-licence trade or
impose
catering. The training aims to raise
’server/host liability’, but increased
interest is
awareness of the issues surrounding
being...
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