Acknowledgements
This project was jointly funded by the Australian Government Attorney-General's National Crime Prevention Program, and the Australian Institute of Criminology.
The author is grateful to those agencies that kindly granted and facilitated access to data to assist in the characterisation of Australian prisoners: the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and the correctional authorities in each state and territory. Acknowledgment too must be made of the assistance and feedback provided by colleagues at the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department Crime Prevention Branch, and the Australian Institute of Criminology, especially those involved in the administration of the Drug Use Careers of Offenders, and Drug Use Monitoring in Australia projects. Lastly, this project is indebted to those government and non-government agencies that gave so graciously and generously of their time to provide information concerning their post-release services and interventions.