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Publications
Reducing the methamphetamine problem in Australia: Evaluating innovative partnerships between police, pharmacies and other third parties
Illicit methamphetamine use is a continuing, significant problem, with prevalence rates In Australia among the highest in the world. Australian policy responses have been focused on supply reduction strategies, and especially law enforcement.
While traditional policing of drug problems relies mostly on reactive measures, innovative approaches involving third parties are increasingly popular. Third party policing partnerships engage non-police to help develop and coordinate crime prevention strategies.
In Australia, Project STOP has been developed by police, pharmacists and other partners to reduce the diversion of legal pseudoephedrine products into illicit methamphetamine production.
The aim of this study was to evaluate this partnership in two different States, which have adopted different approaches to its implementation.
The importance of both a supportive regulatory framework and organisational support for innovative approaches to drug control are discussed, and a best practice framework is suggested.
Download: Monograph_39.pdf
Drink or drunk: Why do staff at licensed premises continue to serve patrons to intoxication despite current laws and interventions?
Addressing drinking behaviours, intoxication and the resultant behaviours from intoxication in Australia is influenced by several issues—the social acceptability of intoxication, the acceptance of licensed venues as places where intoxication happens and a general belief that violence and aggression at licensed venues is inevitable. Over the past 20 years, Australia has made significant moves to address issues of alcohol-related harm and violence through server regulations such as RSA training, State and Territory liquor controls, security legislation and through localised liquor management plans and accords. Despite such interventions and media attention around the risks associated with unsafe drinking habits, intoxicated people continue to be able to easily access alcohol and be served in licensed venues. The aim of the current study was to gain an understanding of why staff at licensed premises continue to serve patrons to intoxication and the factors that increase this, despite current laws and interventions. Motivating factors for continuing alcohol service and the different perspectives of both bar staff and venue owners and managers are investigated in this project
Download: Monograph_38.pdf
Opioid substitution treatment in prison and post-release: Effects on criminal recidivism and mortality
Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is an effective treatment for heroin dependence that is increasingly available in correctional settings globally; in 2009, at least 29 countries offered OST in at least one correctional institution (Larney & Dolan 2009). In Australia, OST is available in prisons in all jurisdictions, albeit with limitations on treatment access in some jurisdictions (AIHW 2010a). One rationale that is often given in support of prison OST is that it reduces post-release criminality; however, the evidence for this proposition is equivocal. Another rationale for prison OST is that it will reduce the risk of death by drug overdose in the post-release period. The aims of the studies presented in this report are to assess the effects of prison OST on re-incarceration, criminal convictions and mortality.
Download: Monograph_37.pdf
An environmental scan on alcohol and other drug issues facing law enforcement in Australia 2010
This is the second alcohol and other drug environmental scan undertaken for the law enforcement sector in Australia. The first (Nicholas and Shoobridge, 2005) was conducted under the auspices of the Commissioners’ Drugs Committee of the Conference of Commissioners of Police of Australasia and the South Pacific Region. The current scan was funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF).
Download: NDLERF_Environmental_Scan.pdf
Policing substance abuse in Indigenous communities
Report from an AIC workshop held in Mildura, Victoria, 5–6 August 2008
Download: Policing_subs_abuse_indig.pdf
A compendium of alcohol and other drug-related resources for law enforcement in Australia.
The compendium is intended to serve as an information resource for police and other law enforcement officers working in a variety of settings, student law enforcement officers, policy makers, researchers and others with an interest in this area.
Download: NDLERF Compendium - with Abstracts 4 Dec 2008.pdf
The impact of social networks and not-for-profit illicit drug dealing on illicit drug markets in Australia
A discussion paper
Download: The impact of social networks.pdf
Policing responses to substance misuse in rural and remote indigenous communities
The report from a National Workshop held at the Crowne Plaza, Alice Springs, 29 - 30 August 2007
Download: NDLERF Policing Responses to substance abuse.pdf
DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS FOR NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK
No description available.
Download: Mono 34 Summary.pdf
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INFLUX OF INDIGENOUS VISITORS TO DARWIN’S LONG GRASS FROM REMOTE NT COMMUNITIES – PHASE 2: BEING UNDESIRABLE: LAW, HEALTH AND LIFE IN DARWIN’S LONG GRASS.
No description available.
Download: Mono 33 Summary.pdf
COMPARATIVE RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME AMONGST
METHAMPHETAMINE AND OPIOID USERS: VICTIMISATION
AND OFFENDING.
No description available.
Download: Mono 32 Summary.pdf
COMPARATIVE RATES OF VIOLENT
No description available.
Download: Mono 30 Summary.pdf
APPLICATION OF NEW DNA MARKERS FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF
CANNABIS SATIVA SEIZURES – DEVELOPMENTAL VALIDATION OF PROTOCOLS
AND A GENETIC DATABASE
No description available.
Download: Mono 29 Summary.pdf
THE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
The researchers aimed to create a better understanding of how high level drug dealers operate in the United Kingdom, and the functioning of illicit drug markets. The research involved interviews with 222 individuals in prison who were convicted of a serious drug-related offence.
Download: Illicit drug trade in the UK - Summary.pdf
TRENDS IN PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG MISUSE IN THE UNITED STATES
Drug Abuse Warning Network 2005: National Estimates of Drug Related Emergency Department Visits (2007).
Download: Pharmaceuticals - Summary.pdf
PREDICTING ALCOHOL-RELATED HARMS FROM LICENSED OUTLET DENSITY: A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Throughout Australia, liquor licensing decisions relating to outlet density have generally been made on an ad hoc basis. Increasingly these decisions are being informed by the application of public interest tests. This involves testing the extent to which new licences or changes in existing licences are in the pubic interest. The application of these tests is currently impeded by a lack of objective data-driven evidence.
Download: Mono 28 Summary.pdf
CONTAINING ECSTASY: ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR PROFILING
AN ILLEGAL DRUG MARKET.
No description available.
Download: Mono 27 Summary.pdf
MAKING SENSE OF PARTNERSHIPS: A STUDY OF POLICE
AND PUBLIC HOUSING DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION
FOR TACKLING DRUG AND RELATED PROBLEMS ON PUBLIC
HOUSING ESTATES.
No description available.
Download: Mono 26 Summary.pdf
ESTIMATING THE SHORT-TERM COST OF POLICE TIME SPENT
DEALING WITH ALCOHOL-RELATED CRIME IN NSW.
No description available.
Download: Mono 25 Summary.pdf
BENZODIAZEPINE AND PHARMACEUTICAL OPIOID
MISUSE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRIME: NORTHERN
TERRITORY REPORT.
No description available.
Download: Mono 24 Summary.pdf
BENZODIAZEPINE AND PHARMACEUTICAL OPIOID MISUSE
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRIME: VICTORIAN REPORT.
No description available.
Download: Mono 23 Summary.pdf
BENZODIAZEPINE AND PHARMACEUTICAL OPIOID MISUSE
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRIME: TASMANIAN REPORT.
No description available.
Download: Mono 22 Summary.pdf
BENZODIAZEPINE AND PHARMACEUTICAL OPIOID MISUSE
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRIME.
No description available.
Download: Mono 21 Summary.pdf
THE IMPACT OF DRUGS ON ROAD CRASHES ASSAULTS AND
OTHER TRAUMA – A PROSPECTIVE TRAUMA TOXICOLOGY
STUDY.
No description available.
Download: Mono 20 Summary.pdf
THE IMPACT OF THE HEROIN SHORTAGE: ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH.
No description available.
Download: Mono 19 Summary.pdf
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK FOR DRUG LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN AUSTRALIA.
No description available.
Download: Mono 18 Summary.pdf
AN EVALUATION OF THE STANDARDISED FIELD SOBRIETY
TESTS FOR THE DETECTION OF IMPAIRMENT ASSOCAITED
WITH CANNABIS WITH AND WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
No description available.
Download: Mono 17 Summary.pdf
POLICING, VOLATILE SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS.
No description available.
Download: Mono 16 Summary.pdf
THE POLICING IMPLICATIONS OF CANNABIS AMPHETAMINE
& OTHER ILLICIT DRUG USE IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES.
No description available.
Download: Mono 15&15A Summary.pdf
CHARACTERISTICS AND DYNAMICS OF COCAINE SUPPLY
AND DEMAND IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.
No description available.
Download: Mono 14 Summary.pdf
THE SYDNEY METHAMPHETAMINE MARKET: PATTERNS OF
SUPPLY, PERSONAL HARMS AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES.
No description available.
Download: Mono 13 Summary.pdf
AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF CHANGES TO CANNABIS LAW IN WA - SUMMARY OF YEAR 1 FINDINGS
No description available.
Download: Mono 12 Summary.pdf
PSYCHO-STIMULANT USE, HEALTH AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AMONG INJECTING HEROIN USERS
No description available.
Download: Mono 10 Summary.pdf
THE GOVERNANCE OF ILLICIT SYNTHETIC DRUGS
No description available.
Download: Mono 09 Summary.pdf
THE COURSE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE HEROIN SHORTAGE IN VICTORIA
No description available.
Download: Mono 06 Summary.pdf
THE COURSE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE HEROIN SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
No description available.
Download: Mono 05 Summary.pdf
THE COURSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE HEROIN SHORTAGE IN NSW
No description available.
Download: Mono 04 Summary.pdf
THE CAUSES, COURSE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE HEROIN SHORTAGE IN AUSTRALIA
No description available.
Download: Mono 03 Summary.pdf
THE ROLE OF POLICE IN PREVENTING AND MINIMISING ILLICIT DRUG USE AND ITS HARMS
No description available.
Download: Mono 02 Summary.pdf
THE METHAMPHETAMINE SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA:
A REVIEW OF ROUTINE DATA SOURCES
No description available.
Download: Mono 01 Summary.pdf
A COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ALCOHOL PREVENTION TARGETING LICENSED PREMISES
European Journal of Public Health, March, 1-6
Download: Alcohol licensed prems cost effectiveness.pdf
IMPACT OF THE NEW LICENSING LAW ON EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ATTENDANCES: A COHORT STUDY
Emergency Medicine Journal. 24, 532-534
Download: Alcohol licensing changes UK.pdf
RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL: EVIDENCE AND OUTCOMES
NDLERF Research Summary Series
National Drug Research Institute. Perth (2007).
Download: Alcohol NDRI Mono.pdf
YOUNG ADULTS’ EXPERIENCE OF RESPONSIBLE SERVICE PRACTICE IN NSW: AN UPDATE
Alcohol Studies Bulletin (No. 9)
Download: BOCSAR Responsible service of alcohol.pdf
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS: THE PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL COUNTERMEASURES
Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 87
Download: Cannabis and driving.pdf
CARDIOTOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND SIGNS OF CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY AMONG METHAMPHETAMINE USERS
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Technical Report No. 238
Download: Cardiac probs and amphet.pdf
DRUG USE AND DRIVING AMONG INJECTING DRUG USERS
NDLERF MONOGRAPH
Darke, Kelly & Ross (2003)
Download: Drug use and driving (2003).pdf
THE COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THREE POLICY OPTIONS FOR REDUCING HEROIN DEPENDENCY
Drug and Alcohol Review, 26, 369-378
Download: Heroin dependency.pdf
ALCOHOL AND LICENSED PREMISES: BEST PRACTICE IN POLICING
NDLERF MONOGRAPH
Doherty and Roche (2003)
Download: Summary_Alc and LPs.pdf
Developing the capacity and skills for national implementation of a drug law enforcement performance measurement framework
This report summarises major fi ndings from the second stage of a project to test the feasibility of a model performance measurement framework for Australian drug law enforcement (DLE) agencies and to provide advice on its national implementation.
Download: Monograph_34.pdf
Implementing a drug law enforcement (DLE) performance measurement framework in Australia
Companion document to NDLERF Monograph Series No. 34, ‘Developing the capacity and skills for national implementation of a drug law enforcement performance measurement framework’
Download: DLE_Perf_Mgt_Fieldwork_Findings.pdf
A plan for national implementation of the drug law enforcement performance measurement framework
Companion document to NDLERF Monograph Series No. 34, ‘Developing the capacity and skills for national implementation of a drug law enforcement performance measurement framework’
Download: DLE_Perf_Mgt_Implementation.pdf
Foundations for an effective performance measurement system for drug law enforcement
Companion document to NDLERF Monograph Series No. 34, ‘Developing the capacity and skills for national implementation of a drug law enforcement performance measurement framework’
Download: DLE_Perf_Mgt_Foundations.pdf
An investigation into the influx of Indigenous 'visitors' to Darwin’s Long Grass from remote NT communities – Phase 2
This study asked the question, ‘What do Aboriginal people staying in Darwin’s Long Grass require to attain an acceptable level of health and life quality and to be law abiding citizens?’ The views and experiences of 550 participants were explored through three stages of fieldwork.
Download: Monograph_33.pdf
Comparative rates of violent crime amongst methamphetamine and opioid users: Victimisation and offending
There have been marked changes in methamphetamine use over the past decade as more potent forms of the drug have become increasingly available, particularly crystalline methamphetamine. A major concern of stronger potency methamphetamine is the increased potential for harm, such as psychotic symptoms and violent behaviour. Little is currently known about what effects methamphetamine use has on violent behaviour.
Download: Monograph_32.pdf
Enhancing the implementation and management of drug diversion strategies in Australian law enforcement agencies
The cases of South Australia Police, Tasmania Police and Victoria Police during the period 2000 – 2005
Download: Monograph_31.pdf
The bioprofiling of illicit drugs
It has been found that DNA sequences can be extracted and amplified from typical drug seizures.
Non-human DNA in seizures was readily compared for similarities, pair-wise, seizure to seizure
and this should be applicable to police intelligence almost immediately and court usage
after considerable experience and validation.
Download: Monograph_30.pdf
Application of new DNA markers for forensic examination of Cannabis sativa seizures – Developmental validation of protocols and a genetic database
While Cannabis sativa has many industrial and therapeutic uses, drug varieties of C. sativa remain Australia’s most frequently used illicit drug. It is widely presumed that organised crime groups largely supply the domestic black market for C. sativa. However, law enforcement agencies are often unable to link producers operating in suspected syndicates or to determine whether crops of legalised fibre varieties are being used for the covert production of drug varieties of the plant.
Download: Monograph_29.pdf
Predicting alcohol-related harms from licensed outlet density: A feasibility study
The overall aim of this feasibility study was to progress the development of an Australian model sensitive to local risk factors to help authorities determine appropriate liquor outlet densities for minimising alcohol-related harms within communities.
Download: Monograph_28.pdf
Containing ecstasy: analytical tools for profiling an illegal drug market
Containing ecstasy: analytical tools for profiling an illegal drug market
Download: Monograph_27.pdf
Making Sense of Partnerships
A study of police and housing department collaboration for tackling drug and related problems on public housing estates.
Download: Monograph_26.pdf
Estimating the short-term cost of police time spent dealing with alcohol-related crime in NSW
Estimating the short-term cost of police time spent dealing with alcohol-related crime in NSW
Download: Monograph_25.pdf
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Northern Territory Report
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Northern Territory Report
Download: Monograph_24.pdf
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Victorian Report
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Victorian Report
Download: Monograph_23.pdf
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Tasmanian Report
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - Tasmanian Report
Download: Monograph_22.pdf
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - An examination of illicit prescription drug markets in Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin
Benzodiazepine and pharmaceutical opioid misuse and their relationship to crime - An examination of illicit prescription drug markets in Melbourne, Hobart and Darwin
Download: Monograph_21.pdf
The impact of drugs on road crashes, assaults and other trauma - a prospective trauma toxicology study
The impact of drugs on road crashes, assaults and other trauma - a prospective trauma toxicology study
Download: Monograph_20.pdf
Impact of the heroin shortage: Additional research
Impact of the heroin shortage: Additional research
Download: Monograph_19.pdf
Developing and implementing a performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia
Developing and implementing a performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia
Download: Monograph_18.pdf
An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol
An evaluation of the Standardised Field Sobriety Tests for the detection of impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol
Download: Monograph_17.pdf
Policing, volatile substance misuse, and Indigenous Australians - Monograph 16
Policing, volatile substance misuse, and Indigenous Australians
Download: Monograph_16.pdf
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine & other illicit drug use in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities - Monograph 15
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine & other illicit drug use in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities
Download: Monograph_15.pdf
Good practice framework - Policing illicit drugs in rural & remote local communities - Monograph 15a
Good practice framework - Policing illicit drugs in rural & remote local communities
Download: Monograph_15a.pdf
The causes, course and consequences of the heroin shortage in Australia
The causes, course and consequences of the heroin shortage in Australia
Download: Monograph_03.pdf
Characteristics and dynamics of cocaine supply and demand in Sydney and Melbourne – Monograph 14
Characteristics and dynamics of cocaine supply and demand in Sydney and Melbourne - Full Report
Download: Cocaine_Sydney_Melbourne_Full.pdf
The Sydney methamphetamine market: Patterns of supply, use, personal harms and social consequences – Monograph 13
The Sydney methamphetamine market: Patterns of supply, use, personal harms and social consequences
Download: Sydney_Meth_Final_Report.pdf
An evaluation of the impact of changes to cannabis law in WA - Summary of Year 1 findings – Monograph 12
An evaluation of the impact of changes to cannabis law in WA - Summary of Year 1 findings
Download: Cannabis_WA.pdf
Determination of THC levels and variation in the physical appearance of cannabis – Monograph 11
Determination of THC levels and variation in the physical appearance of cannabis – Monograph 11
Psycho-stimulant use, health and criminal activity among injecting heroin users – Monograph 10
Psycho-stimulant use, health and criminal activity among injecting heroin users
Download: psycho-stimulant.pdf
The Governance of illicit synthetic drugs – Monograph 9
NDLERF Project: The Governance of Illicit Synthetic Drugs
Download: governance_synthetic_drugs.pdf
The experiences of incarcerated high-level heroin importers: A study of the mechanics of cross-border trafficking of heroin – Monograph 8
The experiences of incarcerated high-level heroin importers: A study of the mechanics of cross-border trafficking of heroin – Monograph 8
The extraction of pseudoephedrine from pharmaceutical products – Monograph 7
The extraction of pseudoephedrine from pharmaceutical products – Monograph 7
The course and consequences of the heroin shortage in Victoria – Monograph 6
Heroin Shortage: Victoria Executive Summary
Download: Vic_exec.pdf
The course and consequences of the heroin shortage in South Australia – Monograph 5
The course and consequences of the heroin shortage in South Australia – Monograph 5
Download: SA exec.pdf
The course and consequences of the heroin shortage in New South Wales – Monograph 4
The course and consequences of the heroin shortage in New South Wales – Monograph 4
Download: NSW_exec.pdf
The causes, course and consequences of the heroin shortage in Australia – Monograph 3
The causes, course and consequences of the heroin shortage in Australia – Monograph 3
Download: Aust_exec.pdf
The role of police in preventing and minimising illicit drug use and its harms – Monograph 2
The role of police in preventing and minimising illicit drug use and its harms – Monograph 2
Download: prevent_illicit_drug.pdf
The methamphetamine situation in Australia: A review of routine data sources – Monograph 1
The methamphetamine situation in Australia: A review of routine data sources – Monograph 1
Download: methamphet_exec.pdf
Understanding and responding to alcohol-related social harms in Australia. Options for policing.
A discussion paper prepared at the request of the Conference of Commissioners of Police of Australasia and the South West Pacific Region.
Prepared by Roger Nicholas, Senior Research Officer National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund.
March 2008
Download: Alcohol Paper - 9 May 2008.pdf
Alcohol and Licensed Premises: Best Practice Policing
A document developed for police services across Australia to identify best practice strategies to reduce alcohol-related harms in and around licensed premises.
Download: licensed_prem.pdf
Drug use and driving among injecting drug users
This is an executive summary only. For a full copy of this report please contact the NDLERF Secretariat on (08) 8362 3061
Download: execsum.pdf
The Coffs Harbour project
A violence prevention program for substance misusing mentally ill.
Download: chp.pdf
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