Impact of Restriction on Bail on offenders who use Class A drugs in Liverpool (Public Health Institute)
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
Health and Justice Annual Review 2017/18
While this report highlights some of the key developments and projects undertaken by the team over the course of the last financial year, it is not intended to describe every aspect of the national Health and Justice work programme
Overlap between youth justice supervision and alcohol and other drug treatment services: 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2016
Compared with the age-equivalent Australian population, those who had youth justice supervision were 30 times as likely to have an alcohol and other drug treatment service, and those who received an alcohol and other drug treatment service were 30 times as likely to have youth justice supervision (AIHW)
The effectiveness of rehabilitative services for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people: a rapid evidence assessment (PDF)
A rapid evidence assessment (REA) was conducted to explore the research evidence looking at the effectiveness of rehabilitative correctional interventions in reducing reoffending or substance misuse, among BAME people (Ministry of Justice )
Overlap between youth justice supervision and alcohol and other drug treatment services: 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2016
Compared with the age-equivalent Australian population, those who had youth justice supervision were 30 times as likely to have an alcohol and other drug treatment service, and those who received an alcohol and other drug treatment service were 30 times as likely to have youth justice supervision (AIHW)
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report: 2017 to 2018
The annual report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
Commission to the ACMD: scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has been asked to consider the appropriate scheduling of cannabis-related products
Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime (PDF)
Drug Offences – Trafficking in Controlled Drugs – Possession of Drugs
Spotlight on Substance Misuse
Revolving Doors Agency works with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across the country to help them to develop better service responses for people in the revolving door of personal crisis and crime and to young adults in contact with the criminal justice services (Revolving Doors)
Factsheet: cannabis for medicinal use
Home Office UK
Medicinal cannabis – guidance documents
A range of organisations from across Australia were involved in developing the guidance documents (DoH Australia)
Desperate for a Fix
Using shop theft and a Second Chance Programme to get tough on the causes of prolific drug-addicted offending (Centre for Social Justice)
Crypto-Market Enforcement – New Strategy and Tactics
Law enforcement has gained deeper knowledge of the cryptomarket environment (GDPO)
Afghan Narcotics: 2000-2018
From Control and Elimination Efforts to a Drug Economy and Bombings Labs (CSIS)
Drug-related homicide in Europe: a first review of the data and literature
The Paper also includes a critical review of existing national and international homicide data sources (EMCDDA)
Crime on the dark web: law enforcement coordination is the only cure
Law enforcement from 28 countries across the globe met at Europol headquarters in The Hague to share knowledge and expertise and discuss a coordinated approach to tackling crime on the dark web (Europol)
EMCDDA releases its first analysis on monitoring drug-related homicide in Europe
An EMCDDA paper providing an overview of the information available on drug-related homicide (DRH) in Europe
Police Service Release Annual Crime Statistics
In 2017/18 there were 3,121 people arrested for drug related offences, this is 15.5% higher than 2016/17 and equates to 419 more arrests than the previous year Police Service of Northern Ireland
Our Life, Our Voice, Our Say (PDF)
Applying a Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty Approach to the Human Rights and Equality Issues Identified by Service Users of Opioid Treatment Services (CAN)
Drug seizures & offending, England & Wales
In year ending March 2017, police recorded 136,352 drug offences in England and Wales, a decrease of 8% on the previous year (House of Commons, UK)
Legal Guidance, Drug offences
Addition of section on Fentanyl (Crown Prosecution Service)
Inquiry into drug law reform
The key objective of the inquiry was to investigate the effectiveness of drug control laws and procedures in minimising drug‑related harms, as well as drug law reform in other Australian and overseas jurisdictions (Parliament of Victoria)
Drug Courts in the Americas
Drug Courts in the Americas by the SSRC’s Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program reviews key findings from the United States’ experience with drug courts that may be useful to inform debates in other countries about drug courts and other alternatives to incarceration for low-level drug crimes. Although major institutional, legal, and cultural differences exist, the United States’ long experience with drug courts offers an important source of information for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that have either established, or are looking to establish, drug courts (SSRC)
Secure setting drug and alcohol treatment business definitions
Business definitions for secure setting drug and alcohol treatment providers to input data onto the national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Balancing Treaty Stability and Change (PDF)
Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation (GDPO)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Global Overview 2017 (HRI)
Link Between Medical Marijuana and Fewer Opioid Deaths Is More Complex Than Previously Reported
The association between medical marijuana and lower levels of opioid overdose deaths—identified previously in several studies—is more complex than previously described and appears to be changing as both medical marijuana laws and the opioid crisis evolve, according to a new RAND Corporation study
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: statistics 2016 to 2017
Alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
What we learned about alcohol and drug treatment in prisons from the 2016-17 statistics
The report is only the second of its kind meaning it’s too early to see trends but we can compare to the previous year. Below is a summary of the main points from this year’s numbers: (Public Health England)
Legitimate use of controlled drugs: research and healthcare
Interim advice to the Home Office regarding the legitimate use of controlled drugs in research and healthcare (ACMD)
Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: statistics 2015 to 2016
Alcohol and drug misuse treatment in prisons and other secure settings from PHE’s national drug treatment monitoring system (NDTMS)
Searching for cannabis (PDF)
Are grounds for search associated with outcomes? (College of Policing)
Minimizing Harm: Public Health and Justice System Responses to Drug Use and the Opioid Crisis (PDF)
How government and communities should respond to drug use is a perennial question that has gained a renewed sense of urgency in the face of the current opioid overdose crisis. More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015, a number that has grown nearly ninefold since 1980 (Vera Institute of Justice)
How illegal drugs sustain organised crime in the EU (PDF)
Drug markets remain the largest criminal markets in the EU. More than one third of the criminal groups active in the EU are involved in the production, trafficking or distribution of various types of drugs (Europol, Belgium)
The effects of sentencing policy on re-offending
Includes: Drug courts’ effects on criminal offending for juveniles and adults (Campbell Collaboration)
Preventing Opioid Overdose: Understanding Good Samaritan Laws
This tool supports these efforts by providing an overview of this overdose prevention strategy, including the aims of Good Samaritan laws and types of protections they can offer (SAMHSA)
Drugs and the darknet: perspectives for enforcement, research and policy
A joint publication by the EMCDDA and Europol, presents the latest understanding of how darknet markets function, the threats they pose to health and security and how Europe can respond
Latest threat update estimates at least 720 County Lines drug dealing lines
The 2017 report brings together data from across UK law enforcement, and is the first to include returns from every police force in England and Wales, in addition to Police Scotland and British Transport Police (National Crime Agency)
New Psychoactive Substances: the response by probation and substance misuse services in the community in England
A joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Probation and the Care Quality Commission – download 59 page PDF
The impact of community-based drug and alcohol treatment on re-offending (PDF)
Joint experimental statistical report from the Ministry of Justice and Public Health England
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