Research Summaries
Fully referenced papers that cover a range of topics from criminal justice, to psychosis, drug treatment and parenting influences.
Research into practice brief 4
Managing community perceptions of drug problems, crime and policing
Katie Willis
Research into practice brief 6
Developing a quality cannabis-themed intelligence product
Katie Willis
Cannabis use and market indicators
A comparison between detainees from Australia and the United States
Hayley McDonald and Sarah Macgregor; Australian Institute of Criminology
Cannabis use and mental health
Findings from a sample of offenders in police custody
Sarah Macgregor and Jason Payne; Australian Institute of Criminology
Improving our understanding of Australian cannabis markets
Katie Willis, Melanie Simpson & Josh Sweeney
Policing cannabis and other illicit substances
In remote Indigenous Australian communities
Amanda McAtamney & Katie Willis
Cannabis supply and consumption of other drugs
Findings from the DUMA program: Impact of reduced cannabis supply on the consumption of illicit drugs and alcohol
Cannabis users perceptions of differences between hydro and bush weed
Alexandra Gannoni and Susan Goldsmid
Findings from the DUMA program: The influence of cannabis dependency and use on criminal offending, through the eyes of police detainees.
Dr Susan Goldsmid
Very Brief Interventions
20 minutes or less: evidence of the need for a very brief intervention (VBI) for cannabis users
Raising awareness about cannabis
Its use and impact on health and wellbeing among Indigenous Australians
Research into practice brief 2
What works in the policing of street-level cannabis markets?
Katie Willis