Drug use monitoring in Australia
- AIC research program
- Start date: 1999 (Pilot phase, completed 2001); Continuation phase start date: January 2002
The Drug use monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program seeks to measure drug use among people recently apprehended by police. DUMA currently collects quarterly drug use information from police detainees at nine sites across Australia. The collection is the only ongoing survey of offenders. The program examines the relationship between drugs and crime, and monitors local drug markets and drug use patterns by detainees across time.
The DUMA program is a partnership between the AIC, state police services and local researchers. DUMA is an invaluable aid to community planning, monitoring and resource allocation, and represents an important source of data for state and federal policymakers. Data collected through DUMA sites provides a research and evaluation tool for local analysts, policymakers and practitioners.
For a full list of publications click on the Publications link in the Section articles box on the right.
DUMA partners area
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- Common Area
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Related links
- About the DUMA project
- Accessing DUMA data
- Contact information
- Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
- Attorney-General's Department, South Australia
- Topic: Illicit drugs and alcohol
Recent publications
- Measuring mental health in criminology research: Lessons from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
18 February 2013 - How much crime is drug or alcohol related? Self-reported attributions of police detainees
24 May 2012 - Drug use among police detainees: A comparative analysis of DUMA and the US Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program
24 May 2012 - Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2009–10 report on drug use among police detainees
11 March 2012 - Decrease in use of ecstasy/MDMA
20 February 2012 - Increase in use of methamphetamine
03 November 2011 - Victimisation and fear of crime among a sample of police detainees
20 June 2011 - Patterns of mephedrone, GHB, Ketamine and Rohypnol use among police detainees
31 May 2011 - Knife crime: Recent data on carriage and use
18 May 2011 - Alcohol and disorderly conduct on Friday and Saturday nights
04 May 2011 - Alcohol and assault on Friday and Saturday nights
04 May 2011 - Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2008 annual report on drug use among police detainees
18 February 2010 - Women, drug use and crime: findings from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
01 April 2009 - Drug use monitoring in Australia : 2007 annual report on drug use among police detainees
01 September 2008 - Benzodiazepine use and harms among police detainees in Australia
04 May 2007 - Drug use monitoring in Australia : 2006 annual report on drug use among police detainees
01 January 2007