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Foreword | Offenders with complex drug dependencies involving two or more drug types comprise a substantial proportion of drug court and drug diversion clients, yet evaluation studies have demonstrated that these offenders often have poorer retention rates and higher post-program reoffending rates. Poly drug use also has implications for police and law enforcement agencies, as users are potentially a more diversified group whose varied patterns of use makes them more resilient to illicit drug market fluctuations.

The advent of the Internet has created opportunities for the global exchange of information and purchase of goods and services. However, it has also facilitated the creation of online illicit drug markets and forums in which drug-related information can be exchanged between users. Bruno, Poesiat & Matthews (2013) reported that illicit drug-specific search terms (such as cocaine, ecstasy, hallucinogens and high) were used, on average, 39,700 times per month in the Google search engine in Australia.

Foreword | Investigating missing persons cases is a complex field. There is no single service responsible for the investigation or the provision of support to those who are found, or to the family and friends of missing persons. However, police services across Australia play a crucial role in responding to reports of missing people, complemented by non-government search agencies such as The Salvation Army and the Australian Red Cross.

This glossary provides definitions of data items presented on the Sexual offending dashboard.

Adult offenders

Offenders aged 18 years or over at the time of their first police proceeding in the reference period for a sexual offence.

Canberra, 18-20 May 1982

Contents

• Foreword
  A.S. Rees

Papers of the seminar

• The coming of age of private security
  W. Clifford
• The private security industry
  J.F. Ashby
• The problems of research into private security in Australia
  A.S. Rees
• Private security and its implications: a North American perspective
  Clifford D. Shearing and Philip C. Stenning
• Crime, policing and deterrence
  Stephen Brody
• Private police - the views of a state police officer
  Superintendent A. Tickell

Foreword | For more than a decade, Australia has witnessed a sustained reduction in property crime. Yet relatively little is known about what may have caused this decline.

The awards were held at a ceremony in Parliament House, Canberra. The winners were presented with their awards by Heather Cook, Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology.

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