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Methamphetamine is a drug of concern in Australia, with availability and purity on the rise (ACC 2014). The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC; formerly Australian Crime Commission; ACC) has identified methamphetamine as presenting a risk to the Australian community in a number of ways, including through its link with engagement in property crime (2015).

Project Vigilance today received a silver award in the police-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

On 16 October 2023, 9 projects were recognised for their contribution to the prevention of crime and violence in Australian communities.

The winners were presented with their awards at a ceremony in Canberra by Dr Tracey Green, Chief Executive Officer, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA).

Foreword | Many Indigenous communities are concerned about substance abuse and community safety. This report confirms what we already know: Indigenous men have higher levels of contact with the criminal justice system, at an earlier age. However, Indigenous patterns of drug use and dependency contribute to the commission of crime in a quite distinct fashion. Indigenous offenders report higher levels of use and dependency on alcohol and cannabis than their non-Indigenous peers.

This research summary by Roger Nicholas provides a plain English summary of Estimating the short-term cost of police time spent dealing with alcohol-related crime in NSW (NDLERF monograph no. 25).

In collaboration with the Griffith Criminology Institute, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) today released a report which used criminal history data for 3 birth cohorts in New South Wales (NSW) to estimate the prevalence of recorded family and domestic violence offending.

The data for this study is based on offences recorded by the NSW Police Force for individuals who were proceeded against by police and who were born in one of 3 NSW birth cohorts (1984, 1994 and 2004).

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Abstract
• Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
  • Data collection
• Drug and alcohol use
  • Amphetamine-type stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Cocaine
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Cocaine
  • Reported alcohol use
• Drug market indicators
  • Methamphetamine
  • Cannabis
  • Heroin
• Drug-crime attribution
• References

This research summary by Roger Nicholas provides a plain English summary of Making sense of partnerships: A study of police and public housing department collaboration for tackling drug and related problems on public housing estates (NDLERF monograph no. 26).