By Professor Alison Ritter

Journal articles

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

Scott N; Caulkins JP; Ritter A; Dietze P, 2015, 'Patterns of drug preference and use among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia', Addiction Research and Theory, 23, pp. 459 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2015.1031118

Bright DA; Greenhill C; Reynolds M; Ritter A; Morselli C, 2015, 'The Use of Actor-Level Attributes and Centrality Measures to Identify Key Actors: A Case Study of an Australian Drug Trafficking Network', Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 31, pp. 262 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043986214553378

Bright DA; Greenhill C; Ritter A; Morselli C, 2015, 'Networks within networks: using multiple link types to examine network structure and identify key actors in a drug trafficking operation', Global Crime, 16, pp. 219 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2015.1039164

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

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