Publications
Annual Report
- MERIT 2019 Annual Report (PDF , 1.7 MB)
- MERIT 2018 Annual Report (PDF , 2.6 MB)
- MERIT 2017 Annual Report (PDF , 840.0 KB)
- MERIT 2016 Annual Report (PDF , 579.5 KB)
- MERIT 2015 Annual Report (PDF , 492.3 KB)
- MERIT 2014 Annual Report (PDF , 561.7 KB)
- MERIT 2010 Annual Report (PDF , 1001.9 KB)
- MERIT 2009 Annual Report (PDF , 360.0 KB)
- MERIT 2008 Annual Report (PDF , 675.9 KB)
- MERIT 2007 Annual Report (PDF , 340.9 KB)
- MERIT 2006 Annual Report (PDF , 234.1 KB)
- MERIT 2005 Annual Report (PDF , 304.9 KB)
- MERIT 2004 Annual Report (PDF , 343.7 KB)
Crime Prevention Issues
- Crime Prevention Issues No. 1 (December 2006) – Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program: Main findings (PDF , 242.7 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 , 881.5 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 , 358.3 KB)
Research and Evaluation
- Improving Aboriginal participation in MERIT (PDF , 521.7 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 , 516.6 KB)
- The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Program: Health Outcomes – this NSW Health report (PDF , 690.3 KB)
- The Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: A Descriptive Analysis of a Court Diversion Program in Rural Australia (PDF , 391.9 KB)
- The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program: Court Outcomes and Recidivism (PDF , 116.4 KB)
- Participation of Aboriginal people in the MERIT program (PDF , 367.1 KB)
- Evaluation Report of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program (PDF , 1.2 MB)
- Evaluation Report of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program (DOCX , 511.2 KB)
Aboriginal Practice checklist
- Aboriginal Practice checklist (PDF , 535.1 KB)