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Database ID	497
Title	Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA)
Description	Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) is a project which seeks to measure drug use among those people who have been recently apprehended by police. Data from DUMA is used to examine issues such as the relationship between drugs and property and violent crime, monitor patterns of drug use across time, and help assess the need for drug treatment amongst the offender population.
Status	Ongoing
Researchers	Jenny Mouzos
Keywords	drug use; offenders; police; crime;
Methodology	Urinalysis information on offender use of opiates, marijuana, cocaine, methadone, amphetamines and benzodiazepines Self-reported data on patterns of illicit drug use Self-reported data on current and prior arrest and prison experiences Self-reported data on treatment utilisation
Institution	Australian Institute of Criminology
Funding institutions	Australia. Attorney-General's Department South Australia. Attorney-General's Department
Start Date	01-2002
Publications	Gaffney, A., Jones, W., Sweeney, J. & Payne, J. (2010), Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2008 annual report on drug use among police detainees, AIC Reports: Monitoring Reports, No. 9, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.    http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/C/1/7/%7BC1732F51-38AB-4CFF-8A54-958457DFC461%7Dmr09.pdf Loxley, W. & Adams, K. (2009), Women, drug use and crime: findings from the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program, AIC Reports: Research and Public Policy Series, No. 99, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.    http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/A/F/4/%7BAF425925-9725-4BC7-96B7-61ED6EE5338C%7Drpp99.pdf
Contact	Name  Jenny Mouzos Phone  (02) 6260 9200 Fax  (02) 6260 9201
Ethics Statement	Project has Ethics Committee approval
Indexed	Illicit drugs -> Amphetamine type stimulants -> Amphetamines (65) Illicit drugs -> Cannabis (124) Illicit drugs -> Cocaine (46) Illicit drugs -> Heroin and narcotics (126) Drug related problems -> Violence (41) Health and medical -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone (56) Treatment -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone (56) Law and crime -> Crime (130) Law and crime -> Police (91) Law and crime -> Prisons and prisoners (71) Prevention -> Testing and detection -> Urine testing (9) Organisations -> AIC - Australian Institute of Criminology -> DUMA - Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (6) Geographic regions -> Australia -> Australian Capital Territory (69)

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