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Australia’s Welfare 2007
The eighth biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. It is the most comprehensive and authoritative source of national information on welfare services in Australia. Topics include children, youth and families; ageing and aged care; disability and disability services; housing for health and welfare; dynamics of homelessness; welfare services resources; and indicators of Australia's welfare. Inquiry into the misuse/abuse of benzodiazepines and other forms of pharmaceutical drugs in Victoria : final report
Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee. The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline: 1985-2007
Drug Policy Modelling Program
“The timeline provides a list of key events that have occurred in Australia from 1985-2007. Events are listed by jurisdiction. DPMP will continue to update the Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline as new events occur and/or policies are adopted.” Smoking and mental illness: costs
Access Economics for SANE Australia
“People with a mental illness are now one of the largest groups in society who smoke, but receive little support to quit and pay a terrible cost for this neglect. A major new report commissioned from Access Economics by SANE details the human and financial impact on Australia of this issue."
Executive summary and recommendations Criminal justice responses to drug and drug-related offending: are they working?
Technical and background paper series, no. 25
Joy Wundersitz, Australian Institute of Criminology
“Over the past seven or eight years, almost every state and territory has implemented a range of so-called drug diversion programs that operate at different points along the criminal justice continuum. At first glance the costs of these programs are substantial, with the Australian Government allocating supportive funding of $340m over 1999-2000 to 2007-08 …. If these initiatives are achieving their objectives, then such costs should be more than offset by the benefits accruing to the community through a reduction in illicit drug use and related offending, improved health and wellbeing for former drug dependent offenders and reduced case loads for the criminal justice system. The key question is 'Are these programs working: are they, in fact, meeting their primary aims”. The market for amphetamine-type stimulants and their precursors in Oceania
Research and Public Policy series no. 81
Andreas Schloenhardt, Australian Institute of Criminology
“In Australia and New Zealand, with the exception of cannabis, ATS appears to have become the drug of choice among illicit drug users. This study examines the market for ATS in Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) and the involvement of criminal organisations in that market. It explores patterns of ATS production, trafficking and demand in the region and reviews current legislative frameworks to penalise activities in the illicit ATS market.” Barriers and Incentives to Treatment for Illicit Drug Users with Mental Health Comorbidities and Complex Vulnerabilities
National Drug Strategy Monograph 61
This study employed a qualitative research methodology to investigate barriers and incentives to treatment for people who use illicit drugs and who are living with mental health problems and other complex vulnerabilities, from the perspective of both service users and providers. The focus of the study was on service users with high prevalence mental health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. Making sense of partnerships: a study of police and housing department collaboration for tackling drug and related problems on public housing estates
Monograph Series No. 26
Keith Jacobs, Terry Burke, Meredith Green, Sherry Saggers, Ron Mason, Angela Barclay
“In recent years, interdepartmental partnerships within the public sector have been heralded as effective instruments for addressing complex social problems. For example, it is claimed that they can motivate staff and facilitate innovative practices that lead to improvements in service delivery… The aim of this project is to explore the realities of partnership working by focusing on collaboration between the police and housing departments to tackle problems associated with illicit drug activity and anti-social behaviour (ASB) on three Australian public housing estates.” 3 reports from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Available for purchase from NDARC:
http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/NDARCWeb.nsf/page/Reports HIV prevention, treatment and care in prisons in South-east Asia
NDARC Technical Report no. 290
S. Larney, P. Morton and K. Dolan The Australian Alcohol Treatment Outcome Measure (AATOM-C): Psychometric properties.
Technical Report no. 288
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