The purpose of Drug Use Monitoring in Australia is to enhance understanding of the supply and demand for illicit drugs among detainees at the local level while providing comparable data across sites to enable comparative data, and the aggregate of data, to a national level. Illicit drug use information is provided on those people who...

Since the 1970s, there has been an increase in concern about older people as victims of crime. This report shows that older people are at risk from a number of sources, including: family members and friends; strangers; commercial organisations; or carers. When understanding and responding to crime and older people there are, therefore, three issues...

At any time, around 15 per cent of Australia’s 20,000 prisoners are on remand, that is, they are in custody but have not been sentenced. They are held in custody to ensure they will appear in court to answer charges, or to protect the community, or victims, or witnesses. Many people on remand do not...