By Professor Alison Ritter

Reports

Ritter A; Drysdale K; Katz I; de Leeuw E; Bates S, 2022, How do place-based services evolve in a world of virtual, physical and hybrid service delivery?, ANZSOG, Sydney, http://anzsog.edu.au/app/uploads/2022/07/ANZSOG-Hybrid-PBI_final-report_RI.pdf

Mellor R; Kearnes M; Lancaster K; McLauchlan L; Ritter A, 2021, Making policy in emergencies – insights for routine policy making. The case example of opioid pharmacotherapy maintenance, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/thwy-pq45

Van De Ven K; Ritter A; Stirling R, 2021, The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the non-government alcohol and other drug sector: future implications, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/nm0s-zc77

Ritter A, 2020, Options for Reform

Vuong T; Larney S; Ritter A, 2020, A Data Linkage Evaluation of the Outcomes of the NSW Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/n165-xq68

Ritter A; Wilkinson C; Vuong T; Kowalski M; Barrett L; Mellor R; Sommerville K, 2020, Distilling our changing relationship with alcohol during COVID-19, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5f84c1dba9f36

Vuong T; Sotade O; Beadman K; Ritter A, 2019, An evaluation of outcomes in the NSW Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/xfs9-9z04

Vuong T; Ritter A; Hughes C; Shanahan M; Barrett L, 2019, Mandatory alcohol and drug treatment: What is it and does it work?, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5cc258e2a385c

Hughes C; Seaar K; Ritter A; Mazerolle L, 2019, Monograph No. 27: Criminal justice responses relating to personal use and possession of illicit drugs: The reach of Australian drug diversion programs and barriers and facilitators to expansion, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5cca661ce09ce

Ritter A; Hughes C; Shanahan M, 2018, Bulletin No. 26: Models for the Decriminalisation of the Personal Use and Possession of Drugs, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5beba8750ca19

Lancaster K; Seear K; Ritter A, 2018, Monograph No. 26: Reducing Stigma and Discrimination for People Experiencing Problematic Alcohol and Other Drug Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph Series, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5b8746fe72507

Hughes CE; Ritter A, 2018, DPMP Bulletin No. 25: What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs? A 2018 update, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Bulletin Series

Hughes C; Ritter A, 2018, Bulletin No. 25: What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs? A 2018 update, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Bulletin Series

Vuong T; Shanahan M; Oluwadamisola S; Ritter A, 2018, A Cost Assessment of the NSW Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program. Report to the NSW Ministry of Health

Vuong T; Shanahan M; Sotade O; Ritter A, 2018, A Cost Assessment of the NSW Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/pn48-m053

Lancaster K; Ritter A; Seear K, 2018, Reducing stigma and discrimination for people experiencing problematic alcohol and other drug use, QMHC, https://www.qmhc.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/downloads/reducing_stigma_and_discrimination_for_people_experiencing_problematic_alcohol_and_other_drugs_ndarc_april_2017_0.pdf

Leung J; Stockings EA; Wong I; Galasyuk N; Diminic S; Leitch E; Whiteford H; Degenhardt L; Ritter A; Harris M, 2017, Co-morbid mental and substance use disorders – a meta-review of treatment effectiveness, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, 336

Ritter A; van de Ven K, 2017, Phase 1 of the development of a National Treatment Framework for drug and alcohol treatment services, Commonwealth Department of Health

Vuong T; Ritter A; Shanahan M, 2017, Process Evaluation of the NSW Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph No. 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/pkmb-de30

Hughes CE; Shanahan M; Sotade O; Ritter A, 2017, Towards a new ACT Drug and Alcohol Court: A program and systems perspective, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW, Sydney

Ritter A; Lancaster KS; Barratt M, 2016, Researcher engagement with people who use drugs, Drug and Alcohol Research Connections, Drug and Alcohol Research Connections, http://connections.edu.au/opinion/researcher-engagement-people-who-use-drugs

Hughes C; Ritter A; Chalmers J; Lancaster K; Barratt M; Moxham-Hall V, 2016, Decriminalisation of drug use and possession in Australia – A briefing note, Drug Policy Modelling Program, NDARC, UNSW Australia, Sydney, https://dpmp.unsw.edu.au/resource/decriminalisation-drug-use-and-possession-australia-%E2%80%93-briefing-note

Barratt M; Kowalski M; Maier L; Ritter A, 2015, Bulletin no. 24: Global review of drug checking services operating in 2017, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney

Hughes C; Cowdery N; Ritter A, 2015, DPMP briefing paper: Australian drug trafficking laws: guilty until proven innocent?, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney

Belackova V; Ritter A; Shanahan M; Chalmers J; Hughes C; Barratt MJ; Lancaster K, 2015, Medicinal cannabis in Australia – Framing the regulatory options

Hughes C; Shanahan M; Ritter A; McDonald D; Gray-Weale F, 2014, Monograph No. 25: Evaluation of Australian Capital Territory drug diversion programs, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Monograph Series

Berends L; Ritter A, 2014, The processes of reform in Victoria's alcohol and other drug sector, 2011-2014, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, http://apo.org.au/node/54073

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, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/461-480/tandi467.html

Chalmers J; Ritter A; Berends L, 2014, Alcohol and other drug treatment financing in Australia: Funding flows. Working Paper No. 3, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Chalmers J; Ritter A, 2014, Alcohol and other drug treatment utilisation in Australia. Working Paper No. 8.

Ritter A; Hull P; Berends L; Chalmers J, 2014, Approaches to purchasing alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia. Working Paper No. 10, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Ritter A; Chalmers J; Berends L, 2014, Australian alcohol and other drug treatment spending. Working Paper No 7, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Ritter A; Chalmers J; Sunderland M, 2014, Estimating need and demand for treatment – a background briefing. Working Paper No. 1, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Hughes CE; Ritter A; Cowdery N; Phillips B, 2014, Evaluating Australian drug trafficking thresholds: Proportionate, equitable and just?, Criminology Research Advisory Council, Canberra, http://crg.aic.gov.au/reports/1314/35-1112-FinalReport.pdf

Ritter A; Gomez M, 2014, Hard to count” or unrecorded treatment utilisation for alcohol and other drugs. Working Paper No. 6, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Hughes CE; Shanahan M; Ritter A; McDonald D; Gray-Weale F, 2014, Monograph No. 25: Evaluation of the ACT drug diversion programs, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph Series, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/DPMP%20MONO%2025.pdf

Ritter A; Berends L; Chalmers J; Hull P; Lancaster K; Gomez M, 2014, New Horizons: The Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services in Australia, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Ritter A; Hull P; Berends L; Chalmers J, 2014, Planning processes for alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia. Working Paper No. 9, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Ritter A; Chalmers J; Berends L, 2014, The Non Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program (NGOTGP) and the Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund (SMSDGF) – a descriptive overview. Working Paper No. 4, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Ritter A; Hull P, 2014, The potential role of pay-for-performance in alcohol and other drug treatment funding: a literature review. Working Paper No. 5, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales., Sydney

Ritter A; McLeod R; Shanahan M, 2013, Monograph No. 24: Government drug policy expenditure in Australia -2009/10, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Monograph Series

Vel-Palumbo MD; Matthew-Simmons F; Shanahan M; Ritter A, 2013, Bulletin No. 22: Supervised Injecting Facilities: What the literature tells us, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Bulletin Series

Ritter A; Chalmers J, 2013, Modelling alternate opioid treatment system configurations, Drug Policy Modelling Program, Sydney

Ritter A; McLeod R; Shanahan M, 2013, Monograph No. 24: Government drug policy expenditure in Australia – 2009/10, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, DPMP Monograph Series, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/ndarc/resources/24%20Government%20drug%20policy%20expenditure%20in%20Australia%20-%202009_10.pdf

Chalmers J; Phillips B; Gray-Weale F; Ritter A, 2013, Treatment pathways from the client’s perspective: Informing a better match between servicer provision and service need, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney

Ritter A; Roxburgh A; Slade T; Burns L, 2013, Trends in drug use and related harms in Australia, 2001 to 2013, Drug Policy Modelling Program. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney

Lancaster KS; Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F, 2013, Young people's opinions on alcohol and other drugs issues, Australian National Council on Drugs, Australian National Council on Drugs, ANCD Research Paper No.27, https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/newsevents/events/RP27-young-peoples-opinions.pdf

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F; Carragher N, 2012, Monograph No. 23: Prevalence of and interventions for mental health and alcohol and other drug problems amongst the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community: A review of the literature, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Monograph Series

Ritter A; Matthew-Simmons F, 2012, Bulletin No. 21: What does the research evidence tell us about what Australians think about the legal status of drugs?, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Drug Policy Modelling Program Bulletin Series

Ritter A; Sunderland M; Chalmers J, 2012, Estimating the unmet need and unmet demand for opioid treatment in NSW, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney

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