The role of drug and alcohol policy in reducing Indigenous over-representation in prison

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-94

  Weatherburn, D J ^a  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Illicit drugs; Imprisonment; Indigenous; NATSISS; Royal Commission

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; PRISON; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLICY MAKING; PRISONS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 36549047874     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701710811     Document Type: Article

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