By Professor Alison Ritter

Journal articles

Ritter A; Chalmers J; Berends L, 2015, 'Health expenditure on alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia (2012/2013)', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 397 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12248

Ritter A, 2015, 'New Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender research-and the need for more', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 347 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12291

Lancaster K; Duke K; Ritter A, 2015, 'Producing the 'problem of drugs': A cross national-comparison of 'recovery' discourse in two Australian and British reports', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 617 - 625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.04.006

Lancaster K; Santana L; Madden A; Ritter A, 2015, 'Stigma and subjectivities: Examining the textured relationship between lived experience and opinions about drug policy among people who inject drugs', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 22, pp. 224 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.970516

McSweeney T; Hughes CE; Ritter A, 2015, 'Tackling 'drug-related' crime: Are there merits in diverting drug-misusing defendants to treatment? Findings from an Australian case study', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865814555773

Scott N; Caulkins JP; Ritter A; Quinn C; Dietze P, 2015, 'High-frequency drug purity and price series as tools for explaining drug trends and harms in Victoria, Australia', Addiction, 110, pp. 120 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12740

Hughes CE; Cowdery N; Ritter A, 2015, 'Deemed Supply in Australian Drug Trafficking Laws: A Justifiable Legal Provision?', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 27, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2015.12036028

Ritter A; Scott N; Caulkins JP; Dietze P, 2015, 'How patterns of injecting drug use evolve in a cohort of people who inject drugs', Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, 502, pp. 1 - 7, http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi502.pdf

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Cowdery N; Sindicich N, 2014, ''Trafficking' or 'personal use': Do people who regularly inject drugs understand Australian drug trafficking laws?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 658 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12167

Ritter A; Stenius K, 2014, 'Celebrating Robin Room', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 575 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12220

Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2014, 'Cost benefit analysis of two policy options for cannabis: Status quo and legalisation', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e95569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095569

Lancaster K; Sutherland R; Ritter A, 2014, 'Examining the opinions of people who use drugs towards drug policy in Australia', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 21, pp. 93 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2013.838211

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Colebatch H, 2014, 'Problems, policy and politics: making sense of Australia's ‘ice epidemic’', Policy Studies, 35, pp. 147 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2013.875144

Matthew-Simmons F; Ritter A, 2014, ''Miracle cure' or 'liquid handcuffs': Reporting on naltrexone and methadone in the Australian print media', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 506 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12134

Hughes C; Ritter A; Cowdery N; Phillips B, 2014, 'Australian threshold quantities for 'drug trafficking': Are they placing drug users at risk of unjustified sanction?', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/ti193214

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Cowdery N, 2014, 'Legislating thresholds for drug trafficking: A policy development case study from New South Wales, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, pp. 992 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.03.002

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2014, 'Making change happen: A case study of the successful establishment of a peer-administered naloxone program in one Australian jurisdiction', International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, pp. 985 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.02.003

Shanahan M; Gerard K; Ritter A, 2014, 'Preferences for policy options for cannabis in an Australian general population: A discrete choice experiment', International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, pp. 682 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.03.005

Ritter A, 2014, 'Where is the pleasure?', Addiction, 109, pp. 1587 - 1588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12545

Ritter A, 2013, 'The Drug Problem in the Americas Organization of American States', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 32, pp. 636 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12064

Vuong T; Ritter A, 2013, 'Not to lose sight of the bigger picture: the case of therapeutic communities (TC) research in closed settings in Thailand.', Substance use & misuse, 48, pp. 793 - 794

Shanahan MD; Ritter A, 2013, 'Confronting the challenges of conducting a CBA of cannabis policies', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 20, pp. 175 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2013.763906

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Mabbitt N, 2013, 'Drug policy coordination: Identifying and assessing dimensions of coordination', International Journal of Drug Policy, 24, pp. 244 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.08.004

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2013, 'Examining the construction and representation of drugs as a policy problem in Australia's National Drug Strategy documents 1985¿2010', International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, pp. 81 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.07.002

Matthew-Simmons F; Sunderland M; Ritter A, 2013, 'Exploring the existence of drug policy ‘ideologies’ in Australia', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 20, pp. 258 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2012.755494

Stevens A; Ritter A, 2013, 'How can and do empirical studies influence drug policies? Narratives and complexity in the use of evidence in policy making', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 20, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2013.793892

Ritter A; Lancaster K, 2013, 'Illicit drugs, policing and the evidence-based policy paradigm', Evidence and Policy A Journal of Research Debate and Practice, 9, pp. 457 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426413X662662

Shanahan MD; Ritter A, 2013, 'Intangible outcomes from a policy change: using contingent valuation to quantify potential stigma from a cannabis offence', Journal of Experimental Criminology, Advance online publication, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-013-9176-1/fulltext.html

Ritter A; Lancaster K, 2013, 'Measuring research influence on drug policy: A case example of two epidemiological monitoring systems', International Journal of Drug Policy, 24, pp. 30 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.02.005

Vuong T; Ritter A, 2013, 'Not to Lose Sight of the Bigger Picture: The Case of Therapeutic Communities (TC) Research in Closed Settings in Thailand', Substance Use and Misuse, 48, pp. 793 - 794, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2013.791320

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Stafford J, 2013, 'Public opinion and drug policy in Australia: Engaging the ‘affected community’', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 60 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00497.x

Hughes C; Phillips B; Ritter A; Cowdery N, 2012, ''TRAFFICKING' OR 'PERSONAL USE': DO REGULAR DRUG USERS UNDERSTAND AUSTRALIAN DRUG TRAFFICKING LAWS?', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 53 - 53, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700163&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2012, 'A CONSERVATIVE SHIFT IN DRUG POLICY (?): EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 19 - 19, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700061&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Hughes CE; Chalmers J; 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

Ritter A, 2012, 'UNRAVELLING DRUG POLICY: MANY THREADS', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 31, pp. 73 - 73, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700225&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F; Carragher N, 2012, 'Why the alcohol and other drug community should support gay marriage', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00410.x

Frewen A; Molan J; Ritter A; Bell J, 2012, 'A new approach to developing clinically-based guidelines: the experience of developing guidelines for management of drug dependent women and neonates and for cannabis dependence', International Journal of Person-Centered Medicine, 2, pp. 870 - 877, http://www.ijpcm.org/index.php/IJPCM/article/view/300

Ritter A, 2012, 'Alison Ritter on Friedman et al.'s "Has United States drug policy failed? And how could we know?"Policy as structured interaction, engaging multiple voices', Substance Use and Misuse, 47, pp. 1406 - 1407, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2012.723555

Gong W; Ritter A; Bright DA; Doran CM, 2012, 'How profitable is methamphetamine dealing in Australia?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 122, pp. 208 - 212, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871611004339

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

Buykx P; Ritter A; Loxley W; Dietze P, 2012, 'Patients who attend the emergency department following medication overdose: Self-reported mental health history and intended outcomes of overdose', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10, pp. 501 - 511, http://www.springerlink.com/content/775q146462l67500/

Chalmers JJ; Ritter A, 2012, 'Subsidising patient dispensing fees: The cost of injecting equity into the opioid pharmacotherapy maintenance system', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 911 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00472.x

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F, 2012, 'What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs?', DPMP Bulletin Series, 21, pp. 1 - 2, http://www.dpmp.unsw.edu.au/DPMPWeb.nsf/resources/BULLETIN5/$file/DPMP+Bulletin+21.pdf

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F; Carragher N, 2012, 'Why the alcohol and other drug community should support gay marriage: Editorial', Drug and Alcohol Review, 31, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00410.x/pdf

Ritter A, 2011, 'Is quantity more important than quality?', Addiction, 106, pp. 2067 - 2068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03504.x

Ritter A, 2011, 'PRESENTATION 4-TRANSLATING RESEARCH FINDINGS IN THE AREA OF INJECTING DRUG USE', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 30, pp. 27 - 27, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297019700080&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2011, 'PUBLIC OPINION AND DRUG POLICY: ENGAGING THE 'AFFECTED COMMUNITY'', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 30, pp. 52 - 52, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297019700158&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Matthew-Simmons F; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2011, 'Reported value of cannabis seizures in Australian newspapers: Are they accurate?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 21 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00189.x

Ritter A; Chalmers J, 2011, 'The relationship between economic conditions and substance use and harm', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00282.x

Bright DA; Ritter A, 2011, 'Australian trends in drug user and drug dealer arrest rates: 1993 to 2006-07', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 18, pp. 190 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218711003739524

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