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Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Requirements of the Tender -- 1.1.1 Original tender documentation -- 1.1.2 Research plan -- 1.1.3 Departures from the original documentation and rationale --1.2 Defining the Parameters of the Study -- 1.2.1 Definitions -- 1.2.2 Limitations of the study -- 1.2.3 Organis...

ch. 3 : The Empirical Studies and other Data -- 3.1 'Official' statistics: What can they tell us? -- 3.1.1 Police responses to drug related offences -- 3.1.2 Court responses to drug related offences -- 3.2 The Police Survey: Method -- 3.3 The Police Survey: Findings -- 3.3.1 Description of the respo...

3.5 The Consultation Process: Findings -- 3.5.1 Prosecuting minor alcohol and drug offenders -- 3.5.2 Barriers to using formal diversion -- 3.5.3 Increasing the rate of formal diversion -- 3.5.4 Barriers to using informal diversion -- 3.5.5 Increasing the rate of informal diversion -- 3.5.6 Ensuring...

4.1.2 AIM 2: Identify the barriers to the use of discretion by police in dealing with minor alcohol and other drug related matters in Australia, including those barriers associated with the extent and suitability of the existing programs to which police can divert offenders -- 4.1.3 AIM 5: Develop m...