Background Much academic scholarship has explored drug use and 'addiction'in the
criminal justice system. Methods This paper explores what happens when 'addicts' are …

This article reviews the experience of Australian problem-solving courts since their
introduction 20 years ago. The paper begins with a description of these courts, describing …

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) was contracted by the Australian• Government
Attorney-General's Department (AGD) to examine the way that Australian governments had …

This article revisits 'diversion'in the context of youth justice in Australia. Although 'diversion'is
omnipresent in youth justice, it is rarely subject to critical examination. This article raises four …

The role of the criminal law in the regulation of drugs and addiction is both well known and
the subject of considerable academic debate. Judges are frequently enjoined to make …

This chapter provides an overview of problem-solving courts currently in operation in
Australia and New Zealand. We explore how the evolution of the problem-solving courts has …

Contemporary Australian drug policy is characterized by a tension between punitive law and
order responses that invoke the myth of sovereign power and responsibilizing strategies that …

The 'appropriate adult'has received relatively little attention from academics and even less
from policymakers. That said, when the United Kingdom's Labour government was …

Background: Often people assume that entry into drug treatment is a voluntary action for
persons who use drugs (PWUD). This narrative informs the organizational and regulatory …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT)
program is a diversionary program for people with substance use (primarily illicit drug) …