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The research, jointly supported by the Australia-American Educational Foundation and the Australian Institute of Criminology, was conducted in Australia during March and April of 1987.

The project included visits to the state police forces of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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In response to escalating burglary rates in the Australian Capital Territory, the Australian Federal Police has, over recent years, introduced a series of crime reduction strategies in Canberra. These operations have been effective in achieving a short-term reduction in burglary rates, but the number of burglaries has risen again after the cessation of the operation (though not to pre-operation rates).

There has been considerable media coverage about the negative outcomes associated with the abuse of alcohol and inhalants in Indigenous communities. Police in remote areas have also been concerned about the extent to which illicit drug use is having a negative impact in these communities. In 2005, the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund commissioned research into the policing implications of such use in rural and remote Australia.