Toni Makkai

Women's Experiences of Male Violence

Findings from the Australian Component of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)

The International Violence Against Women Survey was conducted across Australia between December 2002 and June 2003. A total of 6,677 women aged betwee...

Regulating Aged Care

Ritualism and the New Pyramid

'Regulating Aged Care is a significant achievement and addresses areas of personal caring which do not usually receive attention. [It] is an important...

Drugs Courts

Issues and Prospects

Changes need to be made to the Australian criminal justice system to allow for the establishment of a separate court which would deal with drugs and c...

Criminological Theories and Regulatory Compliance

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Drugs and Crime

A Study of Incarcerated Male Offenders

This report examines the nature of contract killings in Australia, with specific attention on documenting its incidence, the level of police intervent...

Drug Use Among Police Detainees

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Key Findings from the Drug Use Careers of Offenders (DUCO) Study

This paper summarises key findings from a larger report to the Australian Government Attorney General's Department on the Drug Use Careers of Offender...

Print Media Reporting on Drugs and Crime, 1995-1998

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Awareness and Effectiveness of the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse and the Drug Offensive

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Review of Victoria Police Crime Statistics

Official crime statistics are based on administrative data collected by police in the course of their work. However, the recording and counting of cri...

Attitudes Towards Drugs and Drug Use in Australia

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The Australian Component of the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS)

This report discusses the technical details of the design, conduct and estimation methods of the Australian component of the 2000 International Crime ...

Drug Use Among a Sample of Juvenile Detainees

This paper examines the drug-taking patterns of a group of 493 juveniles who were detained by police and interviewed as part of the Drug Use Monitorin...

Drug Driving Among Police Detainees in Three States of Australia

Final Report : a Study Funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund

This document reports on the extent of drug use among traffic detainees, the characteristics of these detainees, potential legislative approaches to d...

ACT Recidivist Offenders

The most recent 2002 Crime and Safety survey of victims of crime in Australia confirms that burglary is still of major concern to the Australian commu...

Divisions and Contradictions in Economies in Transition

Household Portfolios in Russia, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia

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Patterns of Drug Use in Australian Society

An Analysis of National Trend Data, 1985-91

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Diffusion of Benefits

Evaluating a Policing Operation

As part of the Australian Institute of Criminology's commitment to building an evidence base on the effects of Australian policing initiatives, this p...

Raising the Standard

Resident Centred Nursing Home Regulation in Australia

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Drugs, Anti-social Behaviour and Policy Choices in Australian Society

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