By Professor Lisa Maher

Books

Coupland H; Ritchie J; Maher L, 2004, Within Reach: a Participatory Needs Assessment of Young Injecting Drug Users in South Western Sydney, University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney

Maher L, 2002, Sexed work: Gender, race and resistance in a Brooklyn drug market, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Maher L, 2001, Sexed work: Gender, race and resistance in a Brooklyn drug market., Oxford University Press, Oxford

Maher L; Sargent P; Higgs P; Crofts N; Le TT; Kelsall J, 2000, Sharing knowledge to protect our community, Centre for International and Multicultural Health University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Swift W; Dawson M; Maher L, 1999, Heroin purity and composition: An analysis of street-level samples in Cabramatta, NSW, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre. University of NSW, Sydney, NSW

Daly K; Maher L, 1998, Criminology at the crossroads: Feminist readings of crime and justice, Oxford University Press, New York

Maher L; Dixon D; Lynskey M; Hall W, 1998, Running the risks: Heroin, health and harm in South West Sydney, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Randwick, NSW

Maher L; Dixon D; Swift W; Nguyen T, 1997, Anh Hai: Young Asian Background People`s Perception and Experiences of Policing, UNSW Faculty of Law Research Monograph Series, Sydney

Maher L; Swift W, 1997, Heroin use in Sydney Indo-chinese communities: a review of NDARC research, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Randwick, NSW

Maher L, 1997, Sexed work: Gender, race and resistance in a Brooklyn drug market, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Hando J; O Brien S; Darke S; Maher L; Hall WD, 1997, The illicit drug reporting system (IDRS) trial: Final Report, National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Randwick, NSW

Book Chapters

Iversen J; Long P; Lutnick A; Maher L, 2021, 'Patterns and epidemiology of illicit drug use among sex workers globally: A systematic review', in Sex Work Health and Human Rights Global Inequities Challenges and Opportunities for Action, Springer Nature, pp. 95 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_6

Mooney-Somers J; Olsen A; Scott R; Akee A; Maher L, 2020, 'Young Indigenous People Responding to a Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis: Accounts of Resilience', in Relational Concepts in Medicine, pp. 215 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9781848880733_021

Coomber R; Maher L, 2014, 'Street-level drug market activity in Sydney’s primary heroin markets: Organization, adulteration practices, pricing, marketing and violence.', in Tadajewski M; Cluley R (ed.), International Perspectives of Marketing Theory – Volume 4: Transforming Marketing, Consumer and Society Dynamics., Sage, London, pp. 205 - 234, http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book241116?bookType=%22Reference%20Books%22&subject=600&sortBy=defaultPubDate%20desc&fs=1#tabview=toc

Allen P; Maher L, 2011, 'Hepatitis C knowledge and beliefs among culturally and linguistically diverse drug users', in Lê Q (ed.), Health and wellbeing: A social and cultural perspective, Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 185 - 198

Mooney-Somers J; Olsen A; Scott R; Akee A; Maher L, 2011, 'Learning from the Past: Young Indigenous People's Accounts of Blood-borne Viral and Sexually Transmitted Infections as Resilience Narratives.', in Deng M; Raia F; Vaccarella M (ed.), Relational Concepts in Medicine., Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford

Maher L; Daly K, 2011, 'Women in the street-level drug economy: Continuity or change?', in Chesney Lind M; Morash M (ed.), Feminist Theories of Crime, Ashgate, London, pp. 69 - 90

Coomber R; Maher L, 2010, 'Street-level drug market activity in Sydney's primary heroin markets', in Drugs and Crime: Volume II, Ashgate Publishing, London

Maher L; Bates A; Coupland H; Enriquez J; Ho HT; Le TT; Liao L; Pham A; Sargent P; Thach M; Walsh N, 2008, 'We are family: ICON, a model for effective peer-based outreach targeting marginalised injecting drug users', in Moore D; Deitze P (ed.), Drugs and Public Health: Australian Perspectives on Policy and Practice, Oxford University Press, Melbourne

Dixon D; Maher L, 2004, 'Containment, quality of life and crime reduction: policy transfers in the policing of a street heroin market', in Newburn T; Sparks R (ed.), Criminal Justice and Political Cultures, Willan Publishing, Cullompton, UK, pp. 234 - 266

Maher L; Dunlap E; Johnson BD; Hamid A, 2004, 'Gender, power and alternative living arrangements in the inner-city crack culture', in Chesney-Lind M; Pasko L (ed.), Girls, women and crime, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

Maher L, 2003, 'A reserve army: Women and the drug market', in Raffel Price B; Sokoloff NJ (ed.), The Criminal justice system and women: Offenders, victims and workers, McGraw-Hill, New York

Maher L; Dunlap E; Johnson BD, 2003, 'Black women's pathways to involvement in illicit drug distribution and sales: An ethnographic analysis', in Drugs and Crime: Deviant Pathways, Ashgate, Michigan, pp. 167 - 193

Maher L; Dunlap E; Johnson B, 2002, 'Black women`s pathways to involvement in illicit drug distribution and sales: an exploratory ethnographic analysis', in Brochu S; Agra CD; Cousineau M-M (ed.), Drugs and Crime Deviant Pathways, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire, pp. 167 - 193

Maher L; Dixon D, 2002, 'Policing and public health: law enforcement and harm minimization in a street-level drug market', in Stephanie Taylor (ed.), Ethnographic Research: A Reader, Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 36 - 64

Maher L; Daly K, 2002, 'Women in the street-level drug economy: Continuity or Change', in Inciardi J; McElrath K (ed.), The American Drug Scene, Roxbury Publishing, California, USA

Von Hirsch A; Maher L, 2001, 'Can penal rehabilitationism be revived?', in Kadish SJ (ed.), Criminal Law and its Processes, Aspen Law and Business Publishers, Aspen, USA

Sargent P; Maher L; Cunningham M, 2001, 'How do you translate hepatitis C? There’s no word for it: A rapid assessment of hepatitis C prevention in NESB communities.', in How do you translate hepatitis C? There’s no word for it: A rapid assessment of hepatitis C prevention in NESB communities., Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service, Sydney

Maher L; Daly K, 2001, 'Women in the Street-Level Drug Economy:Continuity or Change?', in Alpert GP; MacDonald JM (ed.), Understanding Social Science Research, Waveland Press,Inc, Illinois, pp. 109 - 134

Maher L; Dunlap E; Johnson BD, 2000, 'Black women's pathways to involvement in illicit drug distribution and sales: An ethnographic analysis', in Johnson BD; Dunlap E; Williams T (ed.), Drugs and Family Life in the Center City, Sage, New York

Maher L, 2000, 'Gangs: Cabra girls (Australia)', in Encyclopedia of women and crime, oryx press, Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 86 - 88

Dixon D; Maher L, 1999, 'Walls of Silence', in Hage G; Couch R (ed.), The Future of Australian Multiculturalism, Research Institute for Humanities and Social Science, Sydney, NSW, pp. 89 - 101

Maher L, 1999, 'Walls of silence: Stories of Cabramatta street youth', in Australian youth subcultures: On the margins and in the mainstream, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Hobart, pp. 138 - 147

Daly K; Maher L, 1998, 'Crossroads and intersections: Building from feminist critique', in Criminology at the Crossroads: Feminists Readings in Crime and Justice, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 1 - 17

Maher L; Curtis R, 1998, 'Women on the edge of crime: Crack cocaine and the changing contexts of street-level sex work in New York City', in Criminology at the Crossroads: Feminists Readings in Crime and Justice, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 110 - 134

Maher L, 1995, 'In the name of love: Women and initiation to illicit drugs', in Dobash RE; Dobash RP; Noaks L (ed.), Gender and Crime, University of Wales Press, Cardiff

Maher L, 1993, 'In search of the female urban gangsta: Change, culture and crack cocaine', in Raffel Price B; Sokoloff NJ (ed.), The Criminal Justice System and Women: Offenders, Victims and Workers, McGraw-Hill,, New York

von Hirsch A; Maher L, 1992, 'Can penal rehabilitationism be revived?', in Ashworth A; von Hirsch A (ed.), Can penal rehabilitationism be revived?, Northeastern University Press, Boston

Weisburd D; Maher L; Sherman LW, 1992, 'Contrasting crime general and crime specific theory: The case of hot spots of crime', in Adler F; Laufer W (ed.), Advances in Criminological Theory, Transaction Press

Maher L, 1992, 'Punishment and welfare: Crack cocaine and the regulation of mothering', in Feinman C (ed.), The Criminalization of a Woman's Body, The Haworth Press, New York

Journal articles

Walker S; Rathnayake K; Dietze P; Higgs P; Ward B; Hellard M; Doyle J; Stoove M; Maher L, 2025, 'Disproportionate, differential and targeted treatment: people who use drugs’ experiences of policing during the COVID-19 pandemic', Health and Justice, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-024-00314-4

Price O; Maher L; Peacock A; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Dietze P; Larney S; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Mathers B; Lewer D; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Changing age profile and incidence of injecting drug use initiation among people in Australia who inject drugs: evidence from two national repeated cross-sectional studies', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101548

Freestone J; Xiao BJ; Siefried KJ; Bourne A; Ezard N; Maher L; Stirling R; Degenhardt L; Varma R; Prestage G; Hammoud M, 2025, 'Exploring experiences of talk therapies among gay and bisexual men seeking to reduce or abstain from using crystal methamphetamine in the context of chemsex', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 711 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13999

Stewart AC; Hickman M; Agius PA; Scott N; Stone J; Roxburgh A; O'Keefe D; Higgs P; Kerr T; Stoové MA; Thompson A; Crawford S; Norman J; Vella-Horne D; Lloyd Z; Clark N; Maher L; Dietze P, 2025, 'Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol', BMJ Open, 15, pp. e091337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091337

Speed KA; McNeil R; Hayashi K; Maher L; Boyd J, 2025, '‘It just doesn't stop’: Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic', Drug and Alcohol Review, 44, pp. 602 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13996

Curtis M; Quinn B; Stone J; Maher L; Agius P; Stoove M; Ward B; Jenkinson R; Hickman M; Higgs P; Dietze P, 2025, 'Imprisonment Among People who Use Methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia: A Prospective Cohort Study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 111583 - 111583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111583

Price O; Lewer D; Peacock A; Maher L; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Agramunt S; Dietze P; Colledge-Frisby S; Scott N; Wilson J; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Population Aging and Apparent Decline in Initiation of Injecting Drug Use in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 111591 - 111591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111591

Monaghan R; Causer L; Ward J; Hengel B; Smith K; Andrewartha K; Fairley C; Maher L; Mak D; White C; Leonard J; Guy R; Lafferty L; Ttango Collaboration OBOT, 2025, 'Understanding the role of patient communication protocols in sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote communities: a qualitative study', Sexual Health, 22, pp. SH24214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh24214

Abdelsalam S; Agius PA; Sacks-Davis R; Roxburgh A; Livingston M; Maher L; Hickman M; Dietze P, 2024, 'Characteristics of attrition within the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs: a multiple event discrete-time survival analysis', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-024-02377-1

Maher L; Wand H; Heard S; Starr M; Zolala F; Kemp R; Cunningham P; Drummer H; Hellard M; Kaldor J; Dore G, 2024, 'Utilising integrated bio-behavioural surveillance (IBBS) to investigate declining hepatitis C antibody prevalence among people who inject drugs in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey.', Int J Drug Policy, pp. 104576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104576

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