This research project, commissioned in response to police requests for information, investigated the extent of Indigenous drug use in rural and remote areas, and the harms identified with this drug use. The paper discusses police perception of use, supply of illicit drugs, community perception of harms, police perception of harms, and contribution to crime of...

Vulnerability to crime is a common problem on large public housing estates, and therefore a key issue in the public housing estate regeneration programs that have emerged in all states of Australian in the last decade.

Behind the execution of Nguyen Tuong Van lies a repressive city-state whose problems are becoming clearer, says Garry Rodan.

Jeremy Prichard and Jason Payne surveyed 370 young people in juvenile detention centres around Australia with the aim of understanding their offending patterns, links with drug and alcohol use, and risk factors. Their study confirms that young people in detention have extensive offending and drug use histories, and experience patterns of abuse, neglect, and family...

Migrants face special challenges in a new country, especially if their language, skin colour, religion or cultural practices set them apart. To assess the experiences of crime among migrants, the Australian component of the 2004 International Crime Victimisation Survey sampled migrants who were born or whose parents were born in Vietnam or the Middle East...