Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin
Annual Reports
Policy Document
Research and Evaluation
Conference Papers
Factsheets
Brochures

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 1 (December 2006) - Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program: Main findings ( PDF 113KB)

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 2 (June 2008) - Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment: An overview of the MERIT program from July 2000 to December 2007 ( PDF 752KB)

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 5 (June 2009) - Women and the MERIT program ( PDF 2019.561KB)

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 6 (June 2009) - Aboriginal Participation in MERIT ( PDF 1983.848KB)

Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 7 (June 2009) - Principal drug of concern: An analysis of MERIT and RAD client characteristics and outcomes ( PDF 1914.057KB)


Annual Report

MERIT 2007 Annual Report PDF 349KB)

MERIT 2006 Annual Report ( PDF 239KB)

MERIT 2005 Annual Report ( PDF 312KB)

MERIT 2004 Annual Report ( PDF 352KB)

Policy Document

Policy Document for the MERIT program: Word Document (115Kb)

Local Court Practice Note No. 5 Issued 20th August 2002: Word Document (37Kb)

Research and Evaluation

The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Program: Health Outcomes - this NSW Health report can be downloaded from www.health.nsw.gov.au

The Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: A Descriptive Analysis of a Court Diversion Program in Rural Australia PDF version (401Kb)

The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: Court Outcomes and Recidivism PDF version (119Kb)

MERIT: A program overview from 2000-2006 PDF version (51Kb)

Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program PDF version (376Kb)

MERIT Program Evaluation and Monitoring Framework PDF version (467Kb)

Evaluation Report of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program: PDF version (1236Kb) / Word Document (1379Kb)

MERIT Magistrates Survey (NSW Judicial Commission)

Conference Papers

Conference Paper: MERIT Program - “Evaluation and Real World Challenges”, presented at the “Delivering Crime Prevention: making the evidence work”, Australian Institute of Criminology, Sydney, 21-22 November 2005 Word Document (155Kb)

Conference Paper: "MERIT, a cooperative approach addressing drug addiction and recidivism", presented at 2nd International Conference on Drug Strategy, Perth, May 2002: Word Document (160Kb)

Conference Paper: "Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment", presented at the Australian Institute of Criminology National Conference 2002: Word Document (126Kb)

Factsheets

Factsheet - Illicit Drug Diversion Initiatives response to Council of Australian Governments PDF version (79Kb)

Factsheet - MERIT program: PDF version (102Kb) / Word Document (27Kb)

Case Studies - MERIT participants: PDF version (100Kb)

Brochures

MERIT brochures for people with Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds (NESB)
Program pamphlets have been translated into the following community languages.

• Arabic (PDF 195Kb)
• Chinese (PDF 283Kb)
• Croatian (PDF 122Kb)
• Khmer (PDF 189Kb)
• Laotian (PDF 186Kb)
• Serbian (PDF 109Kb)
• Vietnamese (PDF 146Kb)