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Research into the policing implications of illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- AIC research project
- Start date: April 2004 (complete)
Description
This project, funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, and undertaken in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, aims to identify the extent and nature of illicit drug use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in rural and remote locations and the individual and community harms associated with such use; current policing policy and practice in these settings; and good policing practice that will prevent and minimise harm.
Publications
- Good practice framework : policing illicit drugs in rural and remote local communities
Brendan Delahunty and Judy Putt, 2006 - The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Brendan Delahunty and Judy Putt, 2006