Publications

Annual Report

• MERIT 2021 Annual Report (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• MERIT 2020 Annual Report (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• MERIT 2019 Annual Report (PDF, 1.7 MB)  
  
• MERIT 2018 Annual Report  (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• MERIT 2017 Annual Report (PDF, 844.2 KB)
• MERIT 2016 Annual Report (PDF, 580.8 KB)
  
• MERIT 2015 Annual Report (PDF, 493.6 KB)
  
• MERIT 2014 Annual Report (PDF, 562.4 KB)
  
• MERIT 2010 Annual Report (PDF, 998.2 KB)
• MERIT 2009 Annual Report (PDF, 361.2 KB)
• MERIT 2008 Annual Report (PDF, 677.6 KB)
• MERIT 2007 Annual Report (PDF, 343.5 KB)
• MERIT 2006 Annual Report (PDF, 236.0 KB)
• MERIT 2005 Annual Report (PDF, 306.6 KB)
• MERIT 2004 Annual Report (PDF, 346.0 KB)

Crime Prevention Issues

• Crime Prevention Issues No. 1 (December 2006) – Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program: Main findings  (PDF, 243.8 KB)
• Crime Prevention Issues No. 2 (June 2008) – Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment: An overview of the MERIT program from July 2000 to December 2007 (PDF, 885.1 KB)
• Crime Prevention Issues No. 5 (June 2009) – Women and the MERIT program (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Crime Prevention Issues No. 6 (June 2009) – Aboriginal Participation in MERIT (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Crime Prevention Issues No. 7 (June 2009) – Principal drug of concern: An analysis of MERIT and RAD client characteristics and outcomes  (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Crime Prevention Issues No. 8 (June 2009) – Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment: An overview of the MERIT program as at June 2009 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Crime Prevention Issues Bulletin No. 9 (May 2012) – Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment: An overview of the MERIT program as at June 2011 (PDF, 362.0 KB)

Research and Evaluation

• Improving Aboriginal participation in MERIT (PDF, 522.1 KB)
• The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment Program – Impact of program participation on re-offending by defendants with a drug use problem BOCSAR Crime and Justice Bulletin Number 131 (PDF, 517.2 KB)
• The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Program: Health Outcomes – this NSW Health report  (PDF, 691.9 KB)
• The Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: A Descriptive Analysis of a Court Diversion Program in Rural Australia (PDF, 394.1 KB)
• The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: Court Outcomes and Recidivism (PDF, 118.1 KB)
• Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program (PDF, 369.2 KB)
• Evaluation Report of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program (PDF, 1.0 MB)
• Evaluation Report of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program (DOCX, 511.2 KB)
• The costs and benefits of the Magistrates’ Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) program
• Criminal justice benefits of the Magistrates’ Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) program exceed its cost

Aboriginal Practice checklist

• Aboriginal Practice checklist (PDF, 536.4 KB)