ACT victims of crime referral project: final report

This report presents the findings of a project funded by Victim Support ACT and ACT Policing to examine the experiences of victims referred by police to support services and the operation of the referral process in the ACT. Since the completion of the report in 2009, Victim Support ACT and ACT Policing have used it to facilitate better access to support services for people affected by crime. Following the establishment of the Victims Advisory Board in 2011, the Victims of Crime Commissioner sought the support of the Board to progress matters that had been raised in the report. The Commissioner was of the view that the Board, having a function to develop and maintain protocols and procedures for the treatment of victims by agencies involved in the administration of justice, was well placed to assist Victim Support ACT and ACT Policing to progress these issues. To assist the Board to perform this function, the report is now being published to allow public access to the information

Drugs and law enforcement

Speech presented at the Drugs, Rehabilitation and the Criminal Justice System Conference 2002, Sydney, March 1, 2002, by Adam Graycar, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, and co-authored by Kiah McGregor and Toni Makkai. This speech is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The overwhelming majority of those who use illicit drugs do not commit property crime or violent crime. There is however, a strong link between predatory crime and illicit drug use and the focus of this paper is on law enforcement and the reduction of crime associated with illicit drug use. This includes two key groups: those whose "drug" crimes are directly associated with drugs (such as possession, dealing, trafficking and manufacturing) and those whose "drug-related" offences are to support a drug habit (that is acquisitive crime) or while intoxicated (that is violent crime). Police activities are examined as well as the targets, programs and strategies used, and how to assess the effectiveness of drug law enforcement

Drugs and law enforcement

Speech presented at the 'Winter School in the Sun Conference', Carlton Crest Hotel, Brisbane, July 2-5, 2001, by Adam Graycar, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology. Co-authored by Kiah McGregor and Toni Makkai. This speech is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The overwhelming majority of those who use illicit drugs do not commit property crime or violent crime. There is however, a strong link between predatory crime and illicit drug use and the focus of this paper is on law enforcement and the reduction of crime associated with illicit drug use. This includes two key groups: those whose "drug" crimes are directly associated with drugs (such as possession, dealing, trafficking and manufacturing) and those whose "drug-related" offences are to support a drug habit (that is acquisitive crime) or while intoxicated (that is violent crime). Police activities are examined as well as the targets, programs and strategies used, and how to assess the effectiveness of drug law enforcement

Drugs and law enforcement: actions and options

Speech given at the South Australian Drugs Summit 2002, Adelaide, 26 June 2002, by Adam Graycar, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology, and co-authored by Kiah McGregor, Toni Makkai and Jason Payne. This speech is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The overwhelming majority of those who use illicit drugs do not commit property crime or violent crime. There is however, a strong link between predatory crime and illicit drug use and the focus of this paper is on law enforcement and the reduction of crime associated with illicit drug use. This includes two key groups: those whose "drug" crimes are directly associated with drugs (such as possession, dealing, trafficking and manufacturing) and those whose "drug-related" offences are to support a drug habit (that is acquisitive crime) or while intoxicated (that is violent crime). Police activities are examined as well as the targets, programs and strategies used, and how to assess the effectiveness of drug law enforcement

Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA): 2002 Annual Report on Drug Use Among Police Detainees

2002 was the first year of the second phase of data collection in the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) project, which has been running since 1999. There are now seven sites participating in the program which interviews detainees in police custodyabout their drug use. The seven sites are Adelaide City and Elizabeth in South Australia; Bankstown and Parramatta in New South Wales; Brisbane City and Southport in Queensland; and East Perth in Western Australia. Based on self report and urinalysis, d ata are presented for each site on use of amphetamines, benzodiazepines, cannabis, cocaine, opiates, self reported alcohol use, illicit drug use and self reported criminal activity, illicit drug use and most serious charge, and drug and alcohol treatmenthistory, while juvenile data are also presented for Bankstown and Parramatta. During the third quarter of 2002 an addendum on the prevalence of drug dealing by detainees was conducted, and the findings from this, including the accuracy of a proposed model of the drug market, are presented. Trends in recent drug use, 1999-2002, are also discussed. The addition of the new monitoring sites has shown that drug use patterns at the Sydney sites are different from those at the other participating jurisdictions and highlights the need for collections to be dispersed across jurisdictions

Cocaine use among a sample of police detainees

Lee Milner and Kiah McGregor examine the use of cocaine among a group of individuals detained by police and interviewed for the AIC\u27s Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program. The analysis shows that while most cocaine use occurs in DUMA\u27s Sydney sites, use also occurs in other areas. Cocaine users are predominately multiple-drug users and are also likely to test positive to other drugs, especially heroin. They are also more likely to have had prior contact with the criminal justice system than non-cocaine users, and to report deriving an income from crime

Investigation of Dalea parryi (Fabaceae) metabolites for anthelmintic activity against the human pathogenic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum

The US Southwest plant Dalea parryi (Fabaceae) was investigated as part of an ongoing study of the potential of plant compounds for anthelmintic activity to the human pathogenic hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum. This has resulted in the isolation of three previously undescribed isoflavonoid metabolites, denoted parryans A-C, a chalcone, six pterocarpans, and three known compounds from the roots of D. parryi. Parryans A and B express a rarely-seen O-prenyl substituent. Structures of the previously undescribed compounds were established using 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The relative and absolute configurations of the undescribed stereoisomers were assigned using chemical shift and coupling constant data and comparisons of specific rotations to published data. The most active of the isolated compounds only expressed a 17% reduction in survival of A. ceylanicum adult hookworm in an ex vivo assay at 50 μg/mL after 5 days exposure. Toxicity, ranging from 47 to 93% reduction in survival of mammalian splenocytes was expressed by four of the compounds