PERTH DRUG COURT
1193. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer the Attorney General to
recommendations 7 and 8 of the Final Report of the Select Committee into
Alternate Approaches to Reducing Illicit Drug Use and its Effects on the
Community tabled on 28 November 2019.
(1) What has the Department of Justice done to collect
information on Drug Court completion rates, recidivism rates and cost?
(2) What has the department done to review the
processes, procedures and eligibility criteria in the Perth Drug Court
guidelines with a view to expanding the criteria to enable a greater range of
individuals to access the Drug Court?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
response on behalf of the Attorney General.
(1)–(2) The
Western Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research is developing a monitoring
framework to support a comprehensive evaluation of the Perth Drug Court. Once
developed, it is anticipated that the framework will include participant
demographics, completion rates and recidivism rates among key input, output and
outcome data. The scope of the comprehensive evaluation will include processes,
procedures and eligibility criteria, as well as associated costs.