By Professor Alison Ritter

Journal articles

Lancaster K; Rhodes T; valentine K; Ritter A, 2019, 'A ‘promising tool’? A critical review of the social and ethico-political effects of wastewater analysis in the context of illicit drug epidemiology and drug policy', Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 9, pp. 85 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.06.006

Belackova V; Salmon AM; Day CA; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Hedrich D; Kerr T; Jauncey M, 2019, 'Drug consumption rooms: A systematic review of evaluation methodologies', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 406 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12919

Greer AM; Ritter A, 2019, '“It's about bloody time”: Perceptions of people who use drugs regarding drug law reform', International Journal of Drug Policy, 64, pp. 40 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.12.006

Ritter A; van de Ven K, 2019, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment commissioning and purchasing: Is it health care or social-welfare?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 119 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12871

Ritter A; van de Ven K, 2019, 'Is health or social welfare the right question? Response to commentaries', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12900

Ritter A; Mellor R; Chalmers J; Sunderland M; Lancaster K, 2019, 'Key Considerations in Planning for Substance Use Treatment: Estimating Treatment Need and Demand', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Sup 18, pp. 22 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsads.2019.s18.22

Ritter A; Chalmers J; Gomez M, 2019, 'Measuring Unmet Demand for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment: The Application of an Australian Population-Based Planning Model', Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement, Sup 18, pp. 42 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsads.2019.s18.42

Lancaster K; Ritter A; valentine K; Rhodes T, 2019, '"A more accurate understanding of drug use": A critical analysis of wastewater analysis technology for drug policy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 63, pp. 47 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.011

Tait RJ; Whetton S; Shanahan M; Cartwright K; Ferrante A; Gray D; Kaye S; McKetin R; Pidd K; Ritter A; Roche A; Allsop S, 2018, 'Quantifying the societal cost of methamphetamine use to Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 30 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.015

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Diprose R, 2018, 'Recasting Participation in Drug Policy', Contemporary Drug Problems, 45, pp. 351 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091450918776024

Nielsen S; Kowalski M; Wood P; Larney S; Bruno R; Shanahan M; Lenton S; Dietze P; Green T; Murnion B; Ritter A, 2018, 'Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Pilot implementation study protocol.', Res Social Adm Pharm, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.10.024

Ritter A; Hughes CE; Lancaster K; Hoppe R, 2018, 'Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework and Multiple Streams policy theories to examine the role of evidence, research and other types of knowledge in drug policy', Addiction, 113, pp. 1539 - 1547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14197

Ritter A; Lancaster K; Diprose R, 2018, 'Improving drug policy: The potential of broader democratic participation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.016

Vuong T; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Ali R; Nguyen N; Pham K; Vuong TTA; Le GM, 2018, 'Outcomes of compulsory detention compared to community-based voluntary methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 87, pp. 9 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.01.011

Barratt MJ; Bruno R; Ezard N; Ritter A, 2018, 'Pill testing or drug checking in Australia: Acceptability of service design features', Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, pp. 226 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12576

McSweeney T; Hughes C; Ritter A, 2018, 'The impact of compliance with a compulsory model of drug diversion on treatment engagement and reoffending', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 56 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1219695

Belackova V; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2018, 'Mapping regulatory models for medicinal cannabis: A matrix of options', Australian Health Review, 42, pp. 403 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH16257

Seear K; Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2017, 'A new framework for evaluating the potential for drug law to produce stigma: Insights from an australian study', Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 45, pp. 596 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073110517750599

Lancaster K; Seear K; Ritter A, 2017, 'Making medicine; producing pleasure: A critical examination of medicinal cannabis policy and law in Victoria, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 49, pp. 117 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.020

Vuong T; Ritter A; Nguyen N; Ali R, 2017, 'Strengthening advocacy efforts with empirical evidence: A case example of the conduct, uptake and utilisation of research in drug policy decision-making in Vietnam', International Journal of Drug Policy, 49, pp. 41 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.029

Bright D; Greenhill C; Britz T; Ritter A; Morselli C, 2017, 'Criminal network vulnerabilities and adaptations', Global Crime, 18, pp. 424 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2017.1377614

Lancaster K; Hughes C; Ritter A, 2017, '‘Drug dogs unleashed’: An historical and political account of drug detection dogs for street-level policing of illicit drugs in New South Wales, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 50, pp. 360 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816642826

Lancaster K; Treloar C; Ritter A, 2017, '‘Naloxone works’: The politics of knowledge in ‘evidence-based’ drug policy', Health (United Kingdom), 21, pp. 278 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459316688520

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Lancaster K; Hoppe R, 2017, 'Understanding policy persistence – the case of police drug detection dog policy in NSW, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 44, pp. 58 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.03.007

Ritter A; Sotade O, 2017, 'Explaining the declining rates of past year cannabis use in Australia: A first pass', Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, pp. 602 - 608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12553

Ritter A; Stevens A, 2017, 'Improving knowledge on law enforcement in drug policy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 89 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.02.001

Moxham-Hall VL; Ritter A, 2017, 'Indexes as a Metric for Drug and Alcohol Policy Evaluation and Assessment', World Medical and Health Policy, 9, pp. 103 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.218

Hughes CE; Moxham-Hall V; Ritter A; Weatherburn D; MacCoun R, 2017, 'The deterrent effects of Australian street-level drug law enforcement on illicit drug offending at outdoor music festivals', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 91 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.018

Lancaster K; Seear K; Treloar C; Ritter A, 2017, 'The productive techniques and constitutive effects of ‘evidence-based policy’ and ‘consumer participation’ discourses in health policy processes', Social Science and Medicine, 176, pp. 60 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.031

Belackova V; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Hughes CE, 2017, 'Assessing the concordance between illicit drug laws on the books and drug law enforcement: Comparison of three states on the continuum from “decriminalised” to “punitive”', International Journal of Drug Policy, 41, pp. 148 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.12.013

Ritter A; Hoang VP; Cao VL; Shanahan M; Shukla N; Perez P; Farrell M, 2017, 'Modelling heroin careers over 40 years: Social costs', DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 171, pp. E177 - E177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.486

Vuong T; Nguyen N; Le G; Shanahan M; Ali R; Ritter A, 2017, 'The political and scientific challenges in evaluating compulsory drug treatment centers in Southeast Asia', Harm Reduction Journal, 14, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-016-0130-1

Barratt MJ; Ritter A, 2017, 'Commentary on Vrolijk et al. (2017): The paradox of the quality control problem', Addiction, 112, pp. 101 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13611

Chalmers J; Ritter A; Berends L, 2016, 'Estimating met demand for alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 111, pp. 2041 - 2049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13473

Ritter A; Hull P; Berends L; Chalmers J; Lancaster K, 2016, 'A conceptual schema for government purchasing arrangements for Australian alcohol and other drug treatment', Addictive Behaviors, 60, pp. 228 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.017

Berends L; Ritter A; Chalmers J, 2016, 'Collaborative Governance in the Reform of Western Australia's Alcohol and Other Drug Sector', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 75, pp. 137 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12154

Rhodes T; Stevens A; Ritter A; Decorte T, 2016, 'Advancing the science, methods and practices of drug policy research', International Journal of Drug Policy, 31, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.010

Ritter A; Livingston M; Chalmers J; Berends L; Reuter P, 2016, 'Comparative policy analysis for alcohol and drugs: Current state of the field', International Journal of Drug Policy, 31, pp. 39 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.02.004

Lancaster K; Ritter A, 2016, 'Erratum: Corrigendum to “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 (2014) 25(1) (81–87) (S0955395913001175) (10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.07.002))', International Journal of Drug Policy, 31, pp. 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.02.017

Chalmers J; Ritter A; Berends L; Lancaster K, 2016, 'Following the money: Mapping the sources and funding flows of alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 255 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12337

Ritter A; Berends L, 2016, 'Twenty years of (non)reform in Victorian alcohol and other drug treatment policy', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 250 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12374

Hoang VP; Shanahan M; Shukla N; Perez P; Farrell M; Ritter A, 2016, 'A systematic review of modelling approaches in economic evaluations of health interventions for drug and alcohol problems', BMC Health Services Research, 16, pp. 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1368-8

Ritter A; Stoove M, 2016, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment policy in australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 204, pp. 138 - 138.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.01372

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Hughes C; Hoppe R, 2016, 'A critical examination of the introduction of drug detection dogs for policing of illicit drugs in New South Wales, Australia using Kingdon’s ‘multiple streams’ heuristic', Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426416X14683497019265

Ritter A; Schukla N; Shanahan M; Hoang P; Cao L; Perez P; Farrell M, 2016, 'Building a Microsimulation Model of Heroin Use Careers in Australia', The International Journal of Microsimulation, 9, pp. 140 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.34196/ijm.00146

Ritter A, 2016, 'Chasing the scream: The first and last days of the war on drugs Johann Hari London, United Kingdom: PB - Bloomsbury Circus, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4088-5784-7 389 pp. Paperback. Price: $29.99: Critique', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 650 - 650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12429

Vuong T; Shanahan M; Nguyen N; Le G; Ali R; Pham K; Dinh T; Ritter A; Vuong T, 2016, 'Cost-effectiveness of center-based compulsory rehabilitation compared to community-based voluntary methadone maintenance treatment in Hai Phong City, Vietnam', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 168, pp. 147 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.09.008

Ritter A, 2016, 'Impact of addictive substances and behaviours on individual and societal well-being', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 118 - 119

Hoang PV; Shukla N; Cao VL; Shanahan M; Ritter A; Perez P, 2016, 'Individual-level simulation model for cost benefit analysis in healthcare', Proceedings 30th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 1 - 7, http://simulation.su/uploads/files/default/2016-shukla-vu-van-shanahan-ritter-perez.pdf

Ritter A, 2015, 'The privileged role of researchers in “evidence-based” policy: implications and engagement of other voices', Drugs and Alcohol Today, 15, pp. 181 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dat-06-2015-0027

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