Site Maintenance will take place from 4:00 PM on 2024-04-29 to 9:00 AM on 2024-05-01.
Please do not make any content change during this time, otherwise all the changes will be lost.

Select Publications

Journal articles

Hughes CE; Stevens A, 2012, 'A resounding success or a disastrous failure: Re-examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 101 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00383.x

Hughes CE; Stevens A, 2012, 'A resounding success or a disastrous failure: Re-examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 101 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00383.x/pdf

Hughes CE; Chalmers JJ; Bright DA; Matthew-Simmons F; Sindicich N, 2012, 'Examining supply changes in Australia's cocaine market', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 263 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00350.x/full

Bright DA; Hughes CE; Chalmers JJ, 2012, 'Illuminating dark networks: A social network analysis of an Australian drug trafficking syndicate.', Crime Law and Social Change, 57, pp. 151 - 176, http://www.springerlink.com/content/4v86684883m7342g/fulltext.pdf

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Spicer B, 2012, 'Media ownership and content diversity: reporting of illicit drug issues in NSW, VIC, ACT and WA major metropolitan daily newspapers', Australian Journalism Review, 34, pp. 53 - 66

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Chalmers JJ; Ritter A, 2012, 'More than problem-solving: Critical reflections on the ‘problematisation’ of alcohol-related violence in Kings Cross', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 925 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00516.x/full

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Spicer B, 2012, 'News media consumption among young Australians: Patterns of use and attitudes towards media reporting', Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture and Policy, 143, pp. 16 - 27, http://www.uq.edu.au/mia/2012-issues#143

Hughes CE; James S, 2012, 'Performance monitoring of Australian drug law enforcement agencies: Impediments to and prospects for reform', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 23, pp. 295 - 312, http://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=AGISPT;issn=1034-5329

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Spicer B; Matthew-Simmons F; Dillon P, 2011, 'Illicit drugs and the media: Models of media effects for use in drug policy research', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 397 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00239.x

Hughes CE; Lancaster K; Spicer B, 2011, 'How do Australian news media depict illicit drug issues? An analysis of print media reporting across and between illicit drugs 2003-2008', International Journal of Drug Policy, 22, pp. 285 - 291, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395911000892

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Spicer B; Matthew-Simmons F; Dillon PG, 2011, 'Illicit drugs and the media: Models of media effects for use in drug policy research', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 397 - 402, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00239.x/full

Hughes C; Spicer B; Lancaster K, 2011, 'Young people's perceptions of and engagement with news media reporting on illicit drug issues: An Australian study', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 23, pp. 145 - 161

Hughes C, 2010, 'Drug Policy and the Public Good', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 29, pp. 577 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00233_1.x

Hughes C, 2010, 'Coordinating the National Drug Strategy: Where to from here?', ADCA News, 50, pp. 9 - 9

Hughes C, 2010, 'Diversion: Australia's alternative to drug law reform', Matters of Substance, 20, pp. 15 - 17, http://www.drugfoundation.org.nz/

Hughes C, 2010, 'Drug policy and the public good', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 577 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00233.x

Hughes C; Spicer B; Lancaster K; Matthew-simmons F; Dillon PG, 2010, 'Drugs in the Australian news media: Trends and impacts on youth attitudes to illicit drug use', DPMP Bulletin Series, 20, pp. 1 - 4

Hughes C, 2010, 'Legislative thresholds for drug possession and traffic: An overview of State and Territory differences in Australia', DPMP Bulletin Series, 18, pp. 1 - 3

Hughes C; Lancaster K; Matthew-simmons F; Dillon PG, 2010, 'News values', Druglink, Sept-Oct 2010, pp. 16 - 17

Hughes CE; Stevens A, 2010, 'What can we learn from the Portuguese decriminalization of illicit drugs?', British Journal of Criminology, 50, pp. 999 - 1022, http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/6/999.full.pdf

Hughes C; Spicer B; Lancaster K; Matthew-simmons F; Dillon PG, 2010, 'Youth, drugs and the media: Creating attitude', Of Substance, 8, pp. 16 - 17

Hughes C, 2009, 'Capitalising upon political opportunities to reform drug policy: A case study into the development of the Australian "Tough on Drugs-Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative"', International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, pp. 431 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.12.003

Hughes CE, 2007, 'Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? The role of evidence in the development and implementation of the illicit drug diversion initiative', Drug and Alcohol Review, 26, pp. 363 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09595230701373859

Hughes C, 2007, 'Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? The role of evidence in the development of the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative', Drug and Alcohol Review, 26, pp. 364 - 368, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1080/09595230701373859/pdf


Back to profile page