| Description |
xvi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Monograph series / National Drug Strategy ; no. 40 |
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Monograph series (National Drug Strategy (Australia) ; no. 40
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| Contents |
3.5 The Consultation Process: Findings -- 3.5.1 Prosecuting minor alcohol and drug offenders -- 3.5.2 Barriers to using formal diversion -- 3.5.3 Increasing the rate of formal diversion -- 3.5.4 Barriers to using informal diversion -- 3.5.5 Increasing the rate of informal diversion -- 3.5.6 Ensuring police accountability -- 3.5.7 Dealing with the effects of extra legal factors on police decision making -- 3.5.8 'Ideal futures' in police diversion practice -- 3.6 The Observational Study -- Ch. 4. Towards reducing the harms and developing better practice -- 4.1 Reflections on the Police Diversion Project -- 4.1.1 AIM 1: Document the existing role of police in alcohol and other drug related diversion processes in Australia -- |
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4.1.2 AIM 2: Identify the barriers to the use of discretion by police in dealing with minor alcohol and other drug related matters in Australia, including those barriers associated with the extent and suitability of the existing programs to which police can divert offenders -- 4.1.3 AIM 5: Develop models of best practice for the involvement of police in drug related diversion programs -- Increasing formalisation of diversion system -- Informal model of diversion -- A flexible model of diversion -- A formal model of diversion -- 4.2 Recommendations -- 4.2.1 Developing a rational structure for diversion -- 4.2.2 Monitoring police diversion -- 4.2.3 Police training and guidelines -- 4.2.4 Creating partnerships and improving access to drug services |
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Requirements of the Tender -- 1.1.1 Original tender documentation -- 1.1.2 Research plan -- 1.1.3 Departures from the original documentation and rationale --1.2 Defining the Parameters of the Study -- 1.2.1 Definitions -- 1.2.2 Limitations of the study -- 1.2.3 Organisation of the report -- 1.3 The Study in Context -- 1.3.1 Australia's National Drug Strategy -- 1.3.2 The role of police in harm minimisation -- ch. 2. Background -- 2.1 Police Discretion: The foundation of diversion -- 2.1.1 The importance of discretion in policing -- 2.1.2 Police diversion: An historical or contemporary approach? -- 2.1.3 Future directions in diversion in Australia -- 2.1.4 The 'debate' about police diversion: costs and consequences -- 2.2 Police Work -- 2.2.1 The nature of policing -- 2.2.2 Influences on police behaviour: individual, situational, cultural, community -- 2.3 The Regulatory Framework for Minor Alcohol and Drug Related Offences in Australia |
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ch. 3 : The Empirical Studies and other Data -- 3.1 'Official' statistics: What can they tell us? -- 3.1.1 Police responses to drug related offences -- 3.1.2 Court responses to drug related offences -- 3.2 The Police Survey: Method -- 3.3 The Police Survey: Findings -- 3.3.1 Description of the respondents -- 3.3.2 Offence types and police responses, state by the continuation of the criminalisation of drunkenness in Queensland -- 3.3.3 The frequency of differential police responses to minor alcohol and drug related incidents -- 3.3.4 Alcohol related offences -- 3.3.5 Cannabis related offences -- 3.3.6 Other drug related offences --3.3.7 Summary of factors associated with outcomes of incidents involving alcohol, cannabis and other drugs -- 3.4 The Consultation Process: Method |
| Notes |
"Final report October 1999." |
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"Funded by the National Community Based Approach to Drug Law Enforcement." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web. Address as of 23/09/2003: http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/publicat/document/mono40.pdf |
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Commonwealth of Australia 2000 |
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Monograph series (National Drug Strategy (Australia)) no:40 1322-5049 |
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Alcoholism and crime -- Australia.
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Community-based corrections -- Australia.
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Drug abuse and crime -- Australia.
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Drug abuse -- Australia.
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Drunkenness (Crime) -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Police discretion -- Australia.
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| Author |
Burdon, Marilyn
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Australia. Department of Health and Aged Care.
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National Community Based Approach to Drug Law Enforcement (Australia)
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National Drug Strategy (Australia)
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| ISBN |
0642446474 |
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