Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee

Inquiry into the impact of drug-related offending on female prisoner numbers

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This inquiry was completed in the 58th parliament.

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To the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee — for inquiry, consideration and report no later than 31 August 2010 into the impact of drug related offending on female prisoner numbers, and the committee should:

  1. examine the impact of drug related crime on the female prisoner population;
  2. review the demographic profiles of women in custody for drug offences and the types of drug offences;
  3. examine underlying causal factors which may influence drug related offending and repeat offending that result in women entering custody; and
  4. recommend strategies to reduce drug related offending and repeat offending by women, including strategies to address underlying causal factors.