Magistrates’ Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) aftercare project: Phase 1

NDARC Staff

Evelyn Harvey, Anthony Shakeshaft, Kate Hetherington, Claudia Sannibale and Richard Mattick

Aims

Design and Method

A critical methodological review of existing literature.

Benefits

Output

The full review is published as:

Harvey, E., Shakeshaft, A., Hetherington, K., Sannibale, C., & Mattick, R. (2006). Methodological review: Outcome studies of diversion and aftercare programs for adult drug-involved offenders. Technical Report No. 259. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.

A paper is currently under editorial review for peer-reviewed publication and the following conference presentation was given:

Shakeshaft A. Methodological review: outcome studies of diversion and aftercare programs for drug-involved offenders. Presented at the Court Drug Diversion Initiatives Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 26 May, 2006.

Funding

Crime Prevention Division of the NSW Attorney General’s Department