Centre for Crime Policy and Research

This project is being undertaken by researchers at the Centre for Crime Policy and Research (CCPR), Flinders University. The CCPR is a dedicated multidisciplinary team of researchers at the forefront of investigating many different areas of criminal activity. It has developed a special competence in conducting research that engages with current and emerging crime challenges related to serious and organised crime, including gun crime, cybercrime, corruption, terrorism and illicit drugs. The team also produces world-leading research into crime policies – including what policies exist, how they operate in practice and assessing their efficacy for reducing harm. Throughout all our research the CCPR is committed to research translation to expand public knowledge and contribute to more effective policy responses.

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Staff

Photo of Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes
Photo of Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes

Lead Chief Investigator
Associate Professor Caitlin Hughes

Caitlin is an Associate Professor in criminology and Matthew Flinders Fellow at the CCPR. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW and Vice-President of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy. Caitlin has spent 18 years researching drug related issues, including 12.5 years at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW. Her research focuses on drug laws and drug law reform, the efficacy of different criminal justice responses and drug markets, including trends in illicit drug supply and use and the structure and operation of Australian and transnational drug trafficking networks. Her other recent grants include analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on drug supply in Australia and the procedural legitimacy of Australian street-level drug law enforcement. 

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Photo of Professor Andrew Goldsmith

Chief Investigator
Professor Andrew Goldsmith

Andrew is Director of CCPR and Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor. Trained as a lawyer he has over 35 years’ experience in the fields of organized crime, policing and law enforcement, and cybercrime. He led a recent Australian Research Council Discovery Project looking at understanding and preventing gun violence. Andrew has also assisted in greater understanding of how illicit drug markets are organised, policed, and affected by changes in relevant technologies.

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Photo of Professor Mark Halsey

Chief Investigator
Professor Mark Halsey

Mark is a Professor of Criminology and his work has spanned many areas, including the changing nature of prison officer work, best practice in rehabilitation and offender reintegration, prevention of correctional corruption, effectiveness of parole and conditional release, post-prison employment pathways, as well as the nature of intergenerational trauma and repeat incarceration in the lives of Indigenous offenders. From 2004 to 2013, Mark conducted Australia’s longest and most in-depth study of repeat incarceration and desistance from crime among a group of young men aged 15 to 29 years. In 2017 he was awarded a four-year Australian Research Council grant titled “Reducing Aboriginal Imprisonment: An Offence-Specific Study”. 

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Photo of Dr Sharyn Goudie

Chief Investigator
Dr Sharyn Goudie

Sharyn is a Research Associate at the CCPR. She has a PhD in Sociology, Criminology and Gender Studies and is focused on the intersection of social policy and vulnerable parties. More recently, she has worked with Caitlin, Andrew and Mark looking into regional methamphetamine markets and with Caitlin on a national survey exploring the impact of COVID-19 on Australian drug supply and use.

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© Triangulating wastewater analysis and a survey of drug consumption in regional Australia