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Policing substance abuse in Indigenous communities

Research in Practice no. 3

Matthew Willis
ISSN 1836-9111
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, July 2009

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• Acronyms
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Knowledge of substance abuse in Indigenous communities and good practice in policing and other responses
• Case studies of policing approaches to substance misuse in Indigenous communities
• Hypothetical scenarios developed at the workshop
• Workshop participants' perceptions of the current status of policing responses to drug problems in rural and remote communities
• Themes and issues
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

Abstract

This report outlines the results of a workshop that was held in Mildura, Victoria on 5 and 6 August 2008. The theme of the workshop was Policing substance abuse in Indigenous communities in urban, rural and remote areas.