Crowd Management, Crowd Safety

Management

• ALCOHOL - Safety and Event Management: A planning guide for event managers (36p. PDF) - Queensland Department of Tourism, Sport and Racing - Liquor Licensing Division.
• Crowd Management: Past and Contemporary Issues (Journal article) by Spiro G. Doukas in The Sport Journal, Vol.9, No.2, Spring 2006. 
• Crowd Management: Report of the Task Force on Crowd Control and Safety, City of Cincinnati, 1980 (11p. PDF) - Report on the loss of life at a Who rock concert at the Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum in December 1979.
• An examination of the crowd management of traditional events: Prospects for the 21^st century (Journal article) by Stuart C. Cornish in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management -  An Online Journal, Vol.2, Iss.1, 2010, pp.6-14.  Download from Bucks New University website. 
• Getting critical: Converting experience into understanding (Journal article) by Professor Patrick Smith in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management -  An Online Journal, Vol.2, Iss.1, 2010, pp.65-73.  Download from Bucks New University website.  
• Guide to Public Events in the ACT - Managing Money and Crowds from the Department of Justice and Community Safety website.
• The Hillsborough Incident - An investigation into the number of people entering the stadium through turnstiles A to G and through Gate C, 1990 (22p. PDF) Health and Safety Commission incident report and others available for download.
• Influences on crowd behaviour at outdoor music festivals, 2004 - (Journal article) Cameron Earl et al, in Environmental Health Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 55-62.
• Ingress flow rates: a study of events at the NEC arena (Journal article) by Gary Masters in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management - An Online Journal (JCSSM), Vol.1, No.1, 2009.  Download available from journal website.
• The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management - An Online Journal (JCSSM) published by Bucks New University, UK - articles available online. 
• The management of crowds and other risks at outdoor music festivals: a review of the literature, 2005 (Journal article) Cameron Earl et al, in Environmental Health, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 37-49.
• Measuring emergency services workloads at mass gathering events (8p. PDF) (Journal article) in The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 22 No. 3, August 2007.
• Peak Periods - Crowd Management - Natural History Museum guidelines.
• Planning and management for public health impacts at outdoor music festivals: an international study, 2005 (Journal article) Cameron Earl et al, in Environmental Health, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 50-61.  Glastonbury Festival in England.
• Police or stewards: policing inside London premiership football stadia, is it time for a rethink? (Journal article) by Anthony Martin Wright in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management - An Online Journal (JCSSM), Vol.1, No.1, 2009.  Download available from journal website.
• Public health management at outdoor music festivals, 2006 [QUT thesis] Cameron P. Earl - Download available from Queensland University of Technology, Digital Depository.
• Risk Analysis for Major Concert Events: The benefit of hindsight (9p. PDF) - Article by Mick Upton presented to Cabinet Office seminar, Safety at Mass Crowd Events, 2004. 
• Whose queue is it anyway? A study of responsibilities for post event queuing (Journal article) by Trevor Jenner in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management -  An Online Journal, Vol.2, Iss.1, 2010, pp.15-23.  Download from Bucks New University website.

Safety

• ALCOHOL - Safety and Event Management: A planning guide for event managers (36p. PDF) - Queensland Department of Tourism, Sport and Racing - Liquor Licensing Division.
• Concert patron safety (Journal article) by Professor Gil Fried and Dr Andrew Milsten in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management, Vol.2, Iss.2, Oct  2012, pp.74-85.
• The Cost of Regret: The Role of Risk Management in Event / Venue Safety Planning (9p. PDF) - Article by Andrew Tatrai giving an Australian perspective on risk management in relation to effective crowd management.  (If link broken, paste title into your search engine.)
• Crowd Control at Venues and Events (44p. PDF) - Worksafe Victoria practical occupational health and safety guide identifies common safety problems and suggests solutions to ensure crowd control.  Download available.
• Crowd Safety articles from Safe Concerts website.
• Crowd Trends and Issues in Crowd Safety (8p. PDF) - Professor Chris Kemp's powerpoint slides.
• Crowds are people too: A deliberately provocative critique-cum-rumination of qualitative methodology and representation in crowd safety and security research (Journal article) by Dr. Ben Clayton in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management -  An Online Journal, Vol.2, Iss.1, 2010, pp.48-55.  Download from Bucks New University website.  
• Crowdsafe.com website dedicated to improving crowd safety at concerts (and public gatherings of all kinds) worldwide.
• Dense Crowds - Keep Safe - Guidelines on how to stay safe at large events, from the Safeconcerts.com site.
• Event safety and crowd management video filmed on location at Roskilde Festival in Denmark.  Produced by Bucks New University.
• Event Safety Guide: A guide to health, safety and welfare at music and similar events, 1999 (222p. PDF) - Health & Safety Executive, U.K.  Download from website.
• Good Practice Safety Guide - This is a UK Home Office guide to safety at small events and sporting events on the highway, on roads and in public places.  Download from website.
• The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management - An Online Journal (JCSSM) published by Bucks New University, UK - articles available online.   
• Knowledge Mapping for Safe Festivals and Events: An Ontological Approach (Journal article) in Event Managment, Vol.11, Nos.1-2, 2008, pp.71-80.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.)
• Managing Crowds Safely - HSE (Health and Safety Executive) UK guidelines, 1993.
• Match Day Security at Australian Sport Stadia: A Case Study of Eight Venues (Journal article) by T.J. Cieslak in Event Management, Vol.13, No.1, 2009, pp.43-52.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue, or purchase from IngentaConnect website. 
• Planning for Life Safety at a Mega Event - available from the June 2009 issue of Venue Safety & Security magazine.   
• Planning Safe Public Events: Practical Guidelines, 2002  - Attorney-General's Department, Canberra guidelines to assist with the planning and management of public events to minimise or prevent crime and violence and to maximise safety and enjoyment.
• Public events: Safety and Security Strategies (9p. PDF) - Conference paper by Neil Mellor and Art Veno, Centre for Police and Justice Studies, Monash University, 1998.  If link broken, copy title into Google.
• A review of the management of crowd safety at outdoor street/special events.  Health and Safety Executive (HSE) report contains the results of a study of the management of crowd safety at four outdoor events in England and Scotland.
• Review of pedestrian and evacuation simulations (Journal article) by Professor G. Keith Still in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management, Vol.2, Iss.2, Oct  2012, pp.61-73.
• SAFE AND HEALTHY MASS GATHERINGS - A Health, Medical and Safety Planning Manual for Public Events, 1999 (116p. PDF) - from Emergency Management Australia.
• SafeConcerts.com  / Music Not Mayhem is the original UK site that makes concert safety a priority.
• Safer celebrations - a planning guide for event managers in NSW - focuses on the issues that can improve the quality and safety of public events.
• Safety at sports grounds and sporting events - London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames website.  Case studies of RFU Twickenham (the international rugby stadium)(pdf, 259KB) : London Welsh RFC(pdf, 171KB) : Harlequin FC(pdf, 224KB) : Richmond Athletic RFC(pdf, 181KB) : Hampton and Richmond Football Club(pdf, 165KB).  If link broken, copy title into Google.
• Under 18's Safe Entertainment Guidelines for the Central Coast, NSW, 2004 (14p. PDF) - guidelines developed by the Central Coast Dance Party Working Party.
• Urban Visitor Perceptions of Safety during a Special Event (Journal article) by Michael Barker, Stephen J. Page, and Denny Meyer in Journal of Travel Research, May 2003, Vol. 41, No.4, pp.355 - 361.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library catalogue.  Or purchase from Publisher website.
• Useful resources for crowd safety - from the SafeConcerts website.
• Welcome to the jungle: Is there an unwarranted fear of liability for moshing, crowd surfing and stage diving? (Journal article) by Professor Ben Challis in The Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management -  An Online Journal, Vol.2, Iss.1, 2010, pp.56-64.  Download from Bucks New University website.