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

Megan Passey Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Lismore, Australia
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Bruce Flaherty Criminal Justice Interventions Unit, Crime Prevention Division, New South Wales Attorney General's Department, Sydney, Australia
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Peter Didcott MERIT Program, North Coast Area Health Service, Lismore, Australia
Pages 521-529 | Published online: 08 Sep 2011

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David A Bright & Kristy A Martire. (2013) Does Coerced Treatment of Substance‐Using Offenders Lead to Improvements in Substance Use and Recidivism? A Review of the Treatment Efficacy Literature. Australian Psychologist 48:1, pages 69-81.
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Kristy A. Martire & Sarah Larney. (2011) Health outcomes, program completion, and criminal recidivism among participants in the Rural Alcohol Diversion program, Australia. Journal of Substance Use 16:1, pages 50-56.
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Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Peter Mallow, Leah Dean, Michelle Lydenberg & Jennifer Chubinski. (2021) Diversion Programs for Individuals Who Use Substances: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Drug Issues 51:3, pages 483-503.
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Regiane A. Garcia, Kristi Heather Kenyon, Claire E. Brolan, Juliana Coughlin & Daniel D. Guedes. (2019) Court as a health intervention to advance Canada’s achievement of the sustainable development goals : a multi-pronged analysis of Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court. Globalization and Health 15:1.
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Julian M. Somers, Stefanie N. Rezansoff & Akm Moniruzzaman. (2013) Comparative Analysis of Recidivism Outcomes Following Drug Treatment Court in Vancouver, Canada. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 58:6, pages 655-671.
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PAUL RYSAVY, TERESA CUNNINGHAM & ROSEMARY O'REILLY-MARTINEZ. (2011) Preliminary analysis of the Northern Territory's illicit drug court diversion program highlights the need to examine lower program completion rates for indigenous clients. Drug and Alcohol Review 30:6, pages 671-676.
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SARAH LARNEY & KRISTY A. MARTIRE. (2010) Factors affecting criminal recidivism among participants in the Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program in New South Wales, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review 29:6, pages 684-688.
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Megan Passey, Jane Bolitho, John Scantleton & Bruce Flaherty. (2016) The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: Court Outcomes and Recidivism. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 40:2, pages 199-217.
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