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Drug use and property crime
Is there a connection between drug use and property crime? In Queensland 81 per cent of imprisoned property offenders claimed that they committed the crime to support their drug habit. As part of its study into these links, the AIC monitors drug use among police detainees across Australia through its Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program. The results of this and related research can be found on the AIC website.
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Drug use and vehicle crime : an analysis of DUMA data on offenders arrested for motor vehicle theft (PDF 303kB)
Emma Ziersch and Nick Turner. CARS (Comprehensive auto-theft research system) information bulletin, 2005
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Property crime in Queensland (PDF 329kB)
Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. Crime bulletin series, December 2005
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The impact of the Australian heroin drought on robbery in NSW (PDF 306kB)
Neil Donnelly, Don Weatherburn and Marilyn Chilvers. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2004
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The effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in controlling crime : An aggregate-level analysis (PDF 703kB)
Bronwyn Lind, Shuling Chen, Don Weatherburn and Richard Mattick. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2004
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The impact of heroin dependence on long-term robbery trends (PDF 155kB)
Marilyn Chilvers and Don Weatherburn. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2003
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Drug-related property crime in South Australia in 2000 (PDF 71kB)
Helen McRostie and Jayne Marshall. South Australia Office of Crime Statistics and Research, 2001
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Drugs and property crime (PDF 130kB)
Toni Makkai. In: Australian illicit drug report 1997-1998, 1999
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