Deaths in custody in Australia: National Deaths in Custody Program 2007 [pdf - 1.99Mb]
Jane Curnow and Jacqueline Joudo Larsen. Monitoring reports series, no. 03, Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2009

The National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) is responsible for monitoring the extent and nature of deaths that have occurred in prison, police and juvenile custody since 1980. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has coordinated the NDICP since its establishment in 1992; the result of a recommendation made by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) the previous year. The program is unique. No other country has consistently collected similar data over such a long period of time.

4364.0 National health survey: summary of results, 2007-08 [webpage]
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 13 May 2009

The National Health Survey of 2007-08 examines the key health issues in Australia. Some of the key health risk factors highlighted in this report are obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking.

National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2008 report [webpage]
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,  bulletin no. 72, May 2009

National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection: 2008 report presents data on the 41,000 clients accessing pharmacotherapy for the treatment of opioid addiction, the 1,400 prescribers participating in the delivery of pharmacotherapy treatment, and quantitative information about the prescribing sector. This collection is one of a number of data sources that provide a picture of alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia.

Non-government organisations in the alcohol and other drugs sector: issues and options for sustainability [pdf - 1.37Mb]
Catherine Spooner and Ann Dadich, ANCD research paper no. 17. May 2009

This report presents the results of research commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) into the governance, sustainability and funding of nonprofit non-government organisations (NGOs) in the alcohol and other drugs sector in Australia.
The research included a review of the research literature as well as key informant consultations, and aimed to identify the issues for NGOs in the sector and options for their future operation. The report is not a blueprint for action. Rather, it is an overview of issues to assist further discussion, research, planning and action in the sector.

What Australians think about crime and justice: results from the 2007 Survey of Social Attitudes [pdf - 1.91Mb]
Lynne Roberts and David Indermaur, Australian Institute of Criminology, Research and public policy series, no.101, May 2009.

The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is a biennial mail-out survey that provides data on key questions relating to Australia’s social attitudes and behaviours over time. This report explores the differences between the public view and the reality of how much recorded crime there is and of what happens to offenders after they are charged. The results are valuable as a measure of public attitudes and perceptions of crime and the criminal justice system.

Women, drug use and crime: findings from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program [pdf - 1.42Mb]
Wendy Loxley and Kerryn Adams. Research and public policy series, no. 99. Australian Institute of Criminology, May 2009.

The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program makes a quarterly assessment of drug use by police detainees around Australia. This report finds differences in drug use between male and female detainees and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous female detainees, highlighting different patterns of drug usage and dependencies and of associated most serious offences leading to arrest.

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