Re-offending of clients testing positive for class A drugs across Merseyside (Public Health Institute)
Bibliography: Interventions – Law Enforcement
The Evaluation of the Drug Recovery Wing Pilots (PDF)
In 2012, the Department of Health commissioned an evaluation of these pilots, which has been undertaken by researchers at the University of York, the Centre for Drug Use Research in Glasgow and the University of Cambridge
Psychoactive substances in secure mental health settings
This review summarises the latest evidence and makes recommendations for secure mental health service commissioners and providers (Public Health England)
Drug driving law evaluation
Evaluation of the new drug driving legislation, one year after its introduction (Department for Transport)
Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2017
Includes a section o drugs (Office of National Statistics)
The drugs situation in Ireland: an overview of trends from 2005 to 2015 (PDF)
This overview analyses ten years of data up to the most recent available with respect to the five European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) key indicators (prevalence of drug use, high risk drug use, treatment demand, drug-related deaths and mortality and drug-related infectious diseases) as well as drug-related crime and supply (Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University)
Mental health in prisons
Improving the mental health of those in prison will require a step change in effort and resources (National Audit Office)
Police diversion for cannabis offences: Assessing outcomes and cost-effectiveness
This study compared the cost-effectiveness and outcomes of three kinds of diversions—cautions, expiation and warnings—with the traditional criminal justice system response of charging the offender (AIC)
List of most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation
The following is a list of the most commonly encountered drugs currently controlled under the misuse of drugs legislation showing their respective classifications under both the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA) and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (MDR) (Home Office)
Penal Reform International: Global Prison Trends 2017 (PDF)
The Global Prison Trends 2017 report by Penal Reform International, in collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice, provides a window to one of the least visible and least accessible government sectors, while highlighting some of the most intractable correctional issues for policy makers across the world
Australian methamphetamine user outcomes (PDF)
This paper examines the demographics of methamphetamine users and their employment, education and health outcomes using data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program, the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services data collection and the National Prisoner Health Data Collection (Australian Institute of Criminology)
Irish Prison Service annual report 2016 (PDF)
Offence group classified by sentence, total 3,077 – Controlled Drug Offences (350) p.29. Offence group, total = 12,163 – Controlled Drug Offences (671) p.33
Five nations health and justice collaboration: psychoactive substances
This statement outlines how the European drug marketplace has become increasingly complex with an increasing number of new substances available alongside more established drugs and diverted medications (Public Health England)
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme (PDF)
Wirral DIP Activity Profile 2015/16 (Public Health Institute)
Criminal Justice Project – Impact of targeted drug testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool (PDF)
To explore the impact of targeted testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool, this report uses two datasets: drug testing data provided by Merseyside Police; and the criminal justice dataset entered onto the Criminal Justice Intervention Team (CJIT) Data Entry Tool (DET) by Liverpool Addaction (Public Health Institute)
FDACs face challenging future
he future of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court is far from certain due to a challenging economic climate and concerns among local stakeholders over whether the court provides value for money, an independent evaluation of the innovative court model has warned (Solicitors Journal)
Criminal Justice Project – Impact of targeted drug testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool Criminal Justice Project – Impact of targeted drug testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool
The report compares data between May 2014 and April 2015 (2014-15) and between May 2015 and April 2016 (Public Health Institute)
“If you are poor, you are killed”
Extrajudicial executions in the Philippines’ “war on Drugs” (Amnesty International)
Alcohol/Drug-Involved Family Violence in Australia(Large PDF)
Final report (NDLERF)
Thematic analysis of training for prison staff on new psychoactive substances (PDF)
The training programme was primarily targeted at prison-based staff although it benefitted significantly from the attendance and contribution of colleagues from community-based treatment services (Public Health England)
Secure setting statistics from the NDTMS: financial year ending March 2016
National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) alcohol and drug treatment activity statistics for adult and young people in secure settings (Public Health England)
Drug trafficking penalties across the European Union: a survey of expert opinion (PDF)
The results of a study on national drug trafficking laws and their application in the Member States of the European Union are presented in this report. It is based on an analysis of the national laws and on the opinions of legal practitioners — judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers — from 26 countries (EMCDDA)
Rebalancing Act (PDF)
A resource for Directors of Public Health, Police and Crime Commissioners and other health and justice commissioners, service providers and users (Home Office, Public Health England)
DrugScope library archive
Wellcome Institute
Psychoactive substances ban 6 months on: almost 500 arrests and first convictions
Nearly 500 people have been arrested since the government’s landmark Psychoactive Substances Act came into force 6 months ago (Home Office)
Review of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services for Adult Offenders in Prison and in the Community (PDF)
The review explores current provision and provides recommendations based on the evidence collected. It sets out a model of effective practice for the treatment of adult offenders which facilitates a continuum of care from prison to the community (Irish Prison Service)
Plant cannabinoids: ACMD report
ACMD chair Les Iversen writes to Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, about phytocannabinoids
Philippines: lawmakers must urgently oppose attempts to reintroduce death penalty
Members of the Philippines Congress must oppose bills aimed at reintroducing the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. The re-introduction of the death penalty would not only represent a major setback for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country but also violate the Philippines’ obligations under international law (Amnesty International)
Tackling street drinking: Police and Crime Commissioners guidance on best practice (PDF)
The aim of this guidance is: to reduce the incidents of, and burden from, street drinking and to improve the interventions provided to street drinkers themselves (National Consortium of Police and Crime Commissioners)
Health and Justice Commissioning Intentions 2017/18
This document sets out the purpose of the document and context of commissioning in a fast changing environment (NHS England)
Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2016
This release contains the number of drug seizures made and quantity of drugs seized (Home Office)
Physical health of people in prison
NICE guideline [NG57]
Purity of Illicit Drugs submitted to Forensic Science Ireland 2015
As part of our Service Level agreement with An Garda Síochána, Forensic Science Ireland monitors the purity of the main illegal drugs in use in Ireland and provides this information to An Garda Síochána, on an intelligence basis (Forensic Science Ireland)
Public Health England Health & Justice annual review 2015/16 (PDF)
4.3 Preventing and reducing substance misuse in the CJS
Draft from Consultation on Professional Standards for optimising medicines for people in secure environments (PDF)
Immigration Removal Centres, Prisons and other places of residential detention (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
Methamphetamine use and acquisitive crime: Evidence of a relationship
This paper examines the engagement in acquisitive crime, and perceived motivations for methamphetamine-driven crime, of a sample of Australian police detainees recruited in 2013 through the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program (AIC)
Family Drug and Alcohol Court’s ‘humane’ approach keeps more families together
New research has found that mothers reunited with their children after care proceedings in the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) are more likely to stay off drugs and alcohol for longer, and their family life less likely to be disrupted when compared with cases heard in ordinary care proceeding (Family Law)
Study on alternatives to coercive sanctions as response to drug law offences and drugrelated crimes (PDF)
This document reports findings from a ‘study on alternatives to coercive sanctions as response to drug law offences and drug-related crimes’, which has been conducted by RAND Europe for the European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs
Will drug use rise?
Exploring a key concern about decriminalising or regulating drugs (Transform)
Illicit Drug Data Report
Our Illicit Drug Data Report (IDDR), now in its 13th edition, informs Australia’s understanding of the illicit drug threat and focuses collective efforts by bringing together data from a wide range of sources into the one unique report (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)
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