By Professor Donald Weatherburn

Books

Weatherburn D; Doyle M; Weatherall T; Wang J, 2024, Towards a theory of Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system, Australian Institute of Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/rr77451

Weatherburn D; Rahman S, 2021, The Vanishing Criminal Causes of Decline in Australia's Crime Rate

Weatherburn D, 2004, Evaluating Police Operations (1): A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Operation Vendas, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Austrlaia

Weatherburn D, 2004, Law and Order in Australia Rhetoric and Reality, Federation Press, Sydney

Book Chapters

Weatherburn D; Lind B, 2013, 'What mediates the macro-level effects of economic and social stress on crime?', in Pathways and Crime Prevention Theory Policy and Practice, pp. 128 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781843926481

Weatherburn D; Snowball L, 2012, 'Is there a cultural explanation for Indigenous violence? A second look at the NATSISS', in Hunter B; Biddle N (ed.), , AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, pp. 223 - 239, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000339235800011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Weatherburn D, 2011, 'Crime-prone communities', in Stewart A; Allard T; Dennison S (ed.), Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Youth Justice, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 63 - 81, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878457#bookcontents

Journal articles

Weatherburn D; Rahman S; Wang J; Alexeev S, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “Risky alcohol use and violence against women: cause or consequence?” [International Journal of Drug Policy 145 (2025) 104981] (International Journal of Drug Policy (2025) 145, (S0955395925002774), (10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104981))', International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105021

Henneguelle A; Weatherburn D, 2025, 'Does diverting minor drug offenders reduce recidivism? Cannabis cautioning in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105008

Weatherburn D; Rahman S; Wang J, 2025, 'Risky alcohol use and violence against women: cause or consequence?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104981

Weatherburn D; Doyle M; Weatherall T; Wang J, 2025, 'Colonization and Its Legacy: The Correlates of Indigenous Arrest', BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaf059

Weatherburn D; Rahman S; Todd S; Poynton S; Black S; Merinda T; Farrell M, 2025, 'The impact of a voluntary alcohol and other drug diversion program on reoffending, imprisonment, and health', International Journal of Drug Policy, 138, pp. 104747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104747

Macdonald C; Weatherburn D; Lappin J, 2025, 'Diversion into mental health treatment: a survey of magistrates and treatment plans', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 32, pp. 354 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2024.2313985

Weatherburn D; Doyle M; Weatherall T; Teperski A, 2025, 'Does adjusting for legal factors make the racial gap in imprisonment risks disappear?', Journal of Criminology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076251329689

Wan WY; Wang J; Weatherburn DJ, 2024, 'Does gambling expenditure have any effect on crime?', Addiction, 119, pp. 2197 - 2204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16648

Weatherburn D; Farrell M; Wan WY; Rahman S, 2024, 'The criminal careers of Australian drug traffickers', International Journal of Drug Policy, 134, pp. 104650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104650

Weatherburn D; Beranger B, 2024, 'The influence of neighbourhood disadvantage on charge dismissal: the case of drunk driving', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36, pp. 265 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2023.2293329

Weatherburn D; Doyle M; Weatherall T; Wang J, 2024, 'Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/ti77444

Macdonald C; Weatherburn D, 2024, 'What matters to magistrates when considering diversion into mental health treatment?', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 31, pp. 1064 - 1080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2243321

Macdonald C; Weatherburn D; Butler T; Albalawi O; Greenberg D; Farrell M, 2024, 'Who gets diverted into treatment? a study of defendants with psychosis', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 31, pp. 132 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2175070

Weatherburn D; Thomas B, 2023, 'The influence of Indigenous status on the issue of police cautions', Journal of Criminology, 56, pp. 253 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221146326

Tran AD; Weatherburn D; Poynton S, 2023, 'The savings associated with decriminalisation of drug use in New South Wales, Australia: A comparison of four drug policies', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.208983

Weatherburn D, 2022, 'Interjurisdictional differences in Australian imprisonment rates: Sentencing or arrest rates?', Journal of Criminology, 55, pp. 621 - 635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221128997

Wan WY; Weatherburn D, 2022, 'Is arrest for prohibited drug use a prelude to more serious offending?', Journal of Criminology, 55, pp. 322 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221105898

Alexeev S; Weatherburn D, 2022, 'Fines for illicit drug use do not prevent future crime: evidence from randomly assigned judges', Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 200, pp. 555 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.06.015

Weatherburn D; Alexeev S; Livingston M, 2022, 'Changes in and correlates of Australian public attitudes toward illicit drug use', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 1029 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13426

Athanasopoulos G; Sarafidis V; Weatherburn D; Miller R, 2022, 'Longer-term impacts of trading restrictions on alcohol-related violence: insights from New South Wales, Australia', Addiction, 117, pp. 1304 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15774

Williams J; Weatherburn D, 2022, 'CAN ELECTRONIC MONITORING REDUCE REOFFENDING?', Review of Economics and Statistics, 104, pp. 232 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00954

Weatherburn D; Darke S; Zahra E; Farrell M, 2022, 'Who would try (or use more) cannabis if it were legal?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 386 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13360

Rahman S; Weatherburn D, 2021, 'Does Prison Deter Drunk-Drivers?', Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 37, pp. 979 - 1001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10940-020-09476-4

Wang JJJ; Fung T; Weatherburn D, 2021, 'The impact of the COVID-19, social distancing, and movement restrictions on crime in NSW, Australia', Crime Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-021-00160-x

Butler T; Schofield PW; Knight L; Ton B; Greenberg D; Scott RJ; Grant L; Keech AC; Gebski V; Jones J; Ellis A; Weatherburn D; Wilhelm K; Jones A; Churchill A; Allnutt S; Mitchell PB; Chappell D; Deste C; Villa D; Carr V, 2021, 'Sertraline hydrochloride for reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders (ReINVEST): Protocol for a phase IV, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e044656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044656

Alexeev S; Weatherburn D, 2021, 'The Australian ready-to-drink beverages tax missed its target age group', International Journal of Drug Policy, 95, pp. 103399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103399

Wang JJJ; Weatherburn D, 2021, 'The effect of police searches and move-on directions on property and violent crime in New South Wales', Journal of Criminology, 54, pp. 383 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048658211003637

Weatherburn D; Yeong S, 2021, 'Does correctional supervision of amphetamine users reduce the risk of re-offending?', Addiction, 116, pp. 1472 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15298

Weatherburn D; Albalawi O; Chowdhury N; Wand H; Adily A; Allnutt S; Butler T, 2021, 'Does mental health treatment reduce recidivism among offenders with a psychotic illness?', Journal of Criminology, 54, pp. 239 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865821996426

Sutherland R; Weatherburn D; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'A trial of Criminal Infringement Notices as an alternative to criminal penalties for illicit drug offences in New South Wales, Australia: Estimated savings', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 93 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13142

Weatherburn D, 2020, 'Is tougher sentencing and bail policy the cause of rising imprisonment rates? A NSW case study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53, pp. 563 - 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865820944975

Bun MJG; Kelaher R; Sarafidis V; Weatherburn D, 2020, 'Crime, deterrence and punishment revisited', Empirical Economics, 59, pp. 2303 - 2333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-019-01758-6

McKetin R; Boden JM; Foulds JA; Najman JM; Ali R; Degenhardt L; Baker AL; Ross J; Farrell M; Weatherburn D, 2020, 'The contribution of methamphetamine use to crime: Evidence from Australian longitudinal data', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 216, pp. 108262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108262

Bartels L; Weatherburn D, 2020, 'Building community confidence in community corrections', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32, pp. 292 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2020.1801150

Wang JJ; Weatherburn D, 2019, 'Are police cautions a soft option? Reoffending among juveniles cautioned or referred to court', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 52, pp. 334 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865818794235

Gisev N; Bharat C; Larney S; Dobbins T; Weatherburn D; Hickman M; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2019, 'The effect of entry and retention in opioid agonist treatment on contact with the criminal justice system among opioid-dependent people: a retrospective cohort study', Lancet Public Health, 4, pp. e334 - e342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30060-X

Weatherburn D, 2018, 'Australian imprisonment 2002–2016: Crime, policing and penal policy', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 51, pp. 537 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865818757585

Thorburn H; Weatherburn D, 2018, 'Effect of Indigenous status on sentence outcomes for serious assault offences', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 51, pp. 434 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865817748179

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

Menéndez P; Kypri K; Weatherburn D, 2017, 'The effect of liquor licensing restrictions on assault: a quasi-experimental study in Sydney, Australia', Addiction, 112, pp. 261 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13621

Wan WY; Poynton S; Weatherburn D, 2016, 'Does parole supervision reduce the risk of re-offending?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 49, pp. 497 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865815585393

Weatherburn D; Halstead I; Ramsey S, 2016, 'The great (Australian) property crime decline:', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51, pp. 257 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb01231.x

Menéndez P; Weatherburn DJ, 2016, 'Does the threat of longer prison terms reduce the incidence of assault?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 49, pp. 389 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865815575397

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