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NSW MERIT Program: Health Outcomes

http://mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2007/pdf/merit.pdf (691kb)

LISMORE MERIT Pilot program: Court Outcomes and recidivism

http://www.cjc.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cpd/merit.nsf/vwFiles/MERIT_rural_outcomes.pdf/$file/MERIT_rural_outcomes.pdf(117kb)

NCAHS MERIT Annual Report 2005

Annual_Report__NCAHS_MERIT__July_2005.doc (4.48 Mb)

NSW MERIT Program. NSW Attorney General’s Department. Policy Document July 2002.

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/cpd/merit.nsf/pages/merit_policydoc

Magistrates’ Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT):

Preliminary findings of a 12-month court diversion trial for drug offenders. Drug and Alcohol Review,2002

http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&eissn=1465-3362&volume=21&issue=4&spage=393

MERIT: Magistrates’ early referral into treatment program: A Survey of Magistrates. Judicial Commission of New South Wales Monograph Series 24 - March 2004.

www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/monograph24/mono24.php

Centre for Drug and Alcohol Current Projects: Magistrates’ early referral into treatment: MERIT Project

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/dpb/projects/merit.htm

NSW Attorney General’s Department. Magistrates’ early referral into treatment Program. Program description, coverage, resources, contacts.

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/cpd/merit.nsf/pages/index

Government Papers:

NSW Parliament Briefing Paper 4/99

http://www.druginfo.nsw.gov.au/pdf/plan.pdf

Other Papers:

MERIT: Magistrates' Early Referral Into Treatment Program: A cooperative Approach addressing drug addiction and recidivism. Second Australasian Conference on Drug Strategy, PerthWAMay 2002

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/cpd/merit.nsf/pages/merit_paper_perth

Australian Institute of Criminology National Crime Prevention

Conference, Sydney12-13 September 2002

www.aic.gov.au/conferences/crimpre/flaherty.pdf

MERIT: a drug war attack on recidivism and demand. Legal Aid News June 2003. http://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/data/portal/00000005/public/84511001063679711656.pdf

Lismore MERIT program leads to crime reduction. GP Speak magazine, September 2001.

http://www.nrdgp.org.au/news.html?NewsID=785&Mode=Archive

The implementation of a pre plea drug court trial in rural NSW. WinterSchoolin the Sun, 2001 conference, Lifestyles, Values and Substance Abuse, Brisbane QLD, 2-6 July 2001 (PDF format)

Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT): Reducing drug related crime through the treatment of offenders. Judicial Officer’s Bulletin. 15, 5, p33-40, June 2003 (PDF Format)

Northern Rivers Area Health Service. MERIT Program Annual Report 2003/4. July 2004. (PDF Format)