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CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL PARTICULARS Name: David Neil McDonald Postal address: P.O. Box 1355, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia Residential address: 1004 Norton Road, Wamboin, NSW, Australia Telephone: national (02) 6238 3706; international +61 2 6238 3706 Mobile/cell phone: national 0416 231 890; international +61 416 231 890 Fax: national (02) 9475 4274; international +61 2 9475 4274 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.socialresearch.com.au Nationality: Australian
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS Consultant in Social Research & Evaluation (Director, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, ABN 40 113 241 973) Visiting Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University Associate of the Australian Institute of Criminology TERTIARY EDUCATION Graduate Diploma in Population Health, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1992 Master of Arts in Community Development, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 1978 Bachelor of Arts, Diploma in Social Work, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1968 SIGNIFICANT CURRENT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia, Research Reference Group Australian Capital Territory Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Strategy Implementation & Evaluation Group (Research Adviser) Australian National Council On Drugs, Of Substance Editorial Reference Group Australian Resource Centre for the Alcohol and Other Drug Sector, National Advisory Committee (Chairperson) Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Editorial Board Public Health Association of Australia, Australian Capital Territory Branch (Branch Convenor, Immediate Past President) 2
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1997-2002 Consultant in Social Research & Evaluation Centre Visitor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 1992-1996 Senior Criminologist, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1991-1992 Visiting Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1988-1991 Deputy Head of Research, Criminology Research Unit, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Canberra, ACT, and Adelaide, SA, Australia 1987-1988 Commonwealth Government member, National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Task Force on Evaluation, Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1986-1988 Director, National Drug Abuse Information Centre, Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1980-1986 Deputy Director & Director, Drug and Alcohol Bureau, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, NT, Australia 1978-1980 Senior Training Officer (Social Development), Department of Decentralisation, Government of PNG, Port Moresby, PNG 1976-1978 Research Assistant, Department of Community Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 1973-1975 Senior Training Officer (Social Development), Department of the Chief Minister and Development Administration, Government of PNG, Port Moresby, PNG 1972-1973 Provincial Community Development Officer, Department of Social Development and Home Affairs, Government of PNG, Kundiawa, Chimbu Province, PNG 1970-1972 Community Development Officer, Department of Social Development and Home Affairs, Government of PNG, Madang, Madang Province, PNG 1968-1970 Child Welfare Officer, Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Government of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia 3
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES 4
Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia American Evaluation Association Australasian Evaluation Society (Charter member) Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Public Health Association of Australia (MPHAA)
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH Melanesian Pidgin: fluent
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONSULTANCIES AWARDED ACT Health: preparation of a discussion paper on proposals to amend the ACT Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977, 2008. Centacare Canberra for the non-government members of the ACT Alcohol and Other Drugs Executive Directors’ Group: preparation of a response to proposals to amend the ACT Liquor Act 1975, 2008. ACT Health: 2008 update of the publication The extent and nature of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related harms in the Australian Capital Territory. ACT Health: design of an evaluation of the relocation of the Civic primary needle syringe exchange service, 2007. Youth Coalition of the ACT: project support and evaluation services to the ACT Alcohol and Other Drugs Sector Project, 2007-2008. ACT Health: research support to ACT Health regarding Health Outcomes International’s evaluation of the ACT Police Early Intervention and Diversion Program, 2007-08. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing: Evaluation of the National Drug Strategy 2004-2009 (with Siggins Miller Consultants), 2007-2008. ACT Health: research associate support to Siggins Miller Consultants for the ACT Alcohol and Other Drugs Service Sector Review, 2007. Directions ACT: Preparation of a research paper ‘Strategies for addressing alcohol and other drugs in correctional settings’, 2006. 5
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing: National Drug Strategy Data Analysis (with Campbell Research & Consulting), 2006-2007. ACT Health: Advising on the design of an evaluation of the proposed Peer Education Program for Disengaged Young Persons, 2006. ACT Health: Development of a profile of the ACT Alcohol & Other Drug Sector Workforce, 2006. ACT Health: preparation of a research paper and presentation on ACT Government expenditures on preventing and responding to drug abuse, 2005-06. Directions ACT: preparation of a research paper ‘The proposed needle syringe program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Canberra’s new prison; an information paper on the evidence underlying the proposal’, 2005. ACT Health: Preparation of an information paper and presentation on the prevalence of alcohol-, tobacco- and other drug-related harm in the ACT, 2005. ACT Health: Updating of an information paper and presentation on sources of published data in alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the ACT, 2005. ACT Health: Evaluation of the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy, 2005-06. ACT Health: Scoping the evaluation of the ACT drug offenders’ diversion program, 2005. Australian National Council on Drugs: Preparation of articles for Of Substance, The National Magazine on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, 2005. ACT Health: Policy analysis on anti-smoking health warnings in cinemas, 2005. Land & Water Australia: Establishment of an expert advice function (with G. Bammer), 2005. ACT Health: Policy analysis on the ACT Government’s initiative to strengthen and increase case management services for clients with complex needs, 2005. ACT Health: Preparation of an information paper and presentation on sources of published data in alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the ACT, 2005. Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users’ League (AIVL): Evaluation of AIVL’s National Hepatitis C Education Program, 2005-2007. ACT Health: Preparation of a briefing paper and presentation on governance arrangements for the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy 2004-2008, 2004. Australian National Council on Drugs: Preparation of articles for Of Substance, The National Magazine on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, 2004. ACT Health: Prepare and make a presentation on the treatment of alcohol and opioid disorders to the Karralika Consultative Committee, 2004. Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne: Analysing and developing taxonomies of interventions concerned with illicit drugs, 2004. ACT Health: Preparation of a background paper and presentation on the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy 2004-2008, 2004. 6
ACT Health: Preparation of a background paper on alcohol and other drug-related peer education in schools, 2004. ACT Health: Evaluation of the Australian Capital Territory syringe vending machines trial, 2004-2006. ACT Health: Feasibility of trialling hydromorphone as a treatment for heroin dependence in the Australian Capital Territory, with G. Bammer & P. Dance, 2004. Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users’ League (AIVL): Evaluation of AIVL’s National Handwashing Campaign, 2003-2005. Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users’ League (AIVL): Evaluation of AIVL’s National Hepatitis C Education Program, 2003-2005. Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia: Preparation of draft policy papers, 2003. National Health and Medical Research Council - National Illicit Drugs Strategy: An analysis of needs of Indigenous illegal drug users in the ACT and region for treatment and other services, with P. Dance, R. Brown & G. Bammer, 2001. United Nations International Drug Control Programme, Regional Office for South Asia: Leader of the Terminal Evaluation Mission of the UNDCP Program in Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2000. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission: Development of a strategy for the further implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, 1999. United Nations International Drug Control Programme, Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific: Rapid assessment of drug abuse in Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, 1998-1999. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics: Preparation of publication Occasional Paper: Law and Justice Issues, Indigenous Australians 1994, 1998. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office: Substance Abuse among Pacific Youth, and Mental Health Legislation in the Pacific Island Nations, Melanesia and Micronesia, November-December 1997. United Nations International Drug Control Programme, Regional Office for South Asia: Leader of the Mid-term Evaluation Mission of the Drug Demand Reduction Program in Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1997. United Nations International Drug Control Programme: Resource Person, Expert Forum on Drug Demand Reduction in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Hanoi, 1995. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office: Alcohol-related Problems in the South Pacific, Polynesia and Melanesia, 1995. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission: Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people out of custody: An evaluation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, with C. Cunneen, 1995. United Nations International Drug Control Programme: Resource Person, Expert Forum on Drug Demand Reduction in South and Southwest Asia, New Delhi, 1995. National Drug Crime Prevention Fund: The social impact of legislative options for cannabis in Australia, 1995, grant to the Australian Institute of Criminology. 7
United Nations International Drug Control Programme, Regional Office for South Asia: Member of the Evaluation Mission of the Drug Demand Reduction Program in India, India, 1994. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission: Determination of a funding distribution mechanism for ATSIC regions, 1993, grant to the Australian Institute of Criminology. National Drug Crime Prevention Fund: The safe handling of drug-affected persons by police, 1993, grant to the Australian Institute of Criminology. National Task Force on Cannabis: Legislative options for dealing with cannabis use, 1993, grant to the Australian Institute of Criminology. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, What is the HIV risk for Aboriginal heroin users in the ACT?, with G. Bammer, O. Brown & B. Sibthorpe, 1992. Research into Drug Abuse Program, National Campaign Against Drug Abuse, Illicit drug users’ unmet treatment needs: What can we learn from treatment dropouts?, with G. Bammer & B. Sibthorpe, 1992. International Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations Against Drug Abuse Evaluation workshop facilitator, Colombo, 1989. Asia/Pacific Centre for Women and Development: Consultant/Trainer, Port Moresby and Goroka, PNG, 1979. Commonwealth Youth Program: Consultant, London, Port Moresby and Suva, 1978- 1980. PUBLICATIONS 1. McDonald, D in press, ‘The evaluation of a trial of syringe vending machines in Canberra, Australia’, International Journal of Drug Policy. 2. McDonald D 2008, The extent and nature of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related harms in the Australian Capital Territory, February 2008, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra, http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=10133064. 3. Ritter, A and McDonald, D 2008, ‘Illicit drug policy: scoping the interventions and taxonomies’, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 15-35. 4. McDonald, D, Lai, SH-C, Miller, M-E, Hall, W, Cleary, G, Bush, R, Fowler, G, O’Connor, P, Sumner-Armstrong, C, Siggins, I, Bolton, M, Siggins, E & Price, K 2007, ‘Evaluating major national strategies in human services: challenges and possibilities - the case of Australia’s National Drug Strategy 2004-2009’, paper presented to Australasian Evaluation Society International Conference 2007, Melbourne 5-7 August 2007,
Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Medical & Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra. 7. McDonald, D 2007, ‘Using the evidence-base’, ADCA News, no. 36, p. 14. 8. McDonald, D 2007, review of RealWorld evaluation: Working under budget, time, data, and political constrains by Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh, & Linda Mabry, Health Sociology Review, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 89-90. 9
9. Guthrie, J, Dance, P, Cubillo, C, McDonald, D, Tongs, J, Brideson, T, Bammer, G 2006, ‘Working in partnership: skills transfer in developing a cross-cultural research team’, Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 515-522. 10. McDonald, D 2006, Strategies for addressing alcohol and other drugs in correctional settings, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra. 11. McDonald, D 2006, A profile of the Australian Capital Territory alcohol and other drug workforce, April 2006, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra. 12. McDonald, D 2006, Australian Capital Territory Government expenditure on preventing and responding to drug abuse, 2004-05, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra, http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health? a=sendfile&ft=p&fid=1157081532&sid= 13. McDonald, D 2006, The extent and nature of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related harms, in the Australian Capital Territory, April 2006, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra. 14. McDonald, D 2006, ‘Peer education: “popular but not proven?”’, DrugInfo: newsletter of the Australian Drug Foundation’s prevention clearinghouse, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 2. 15. McDonald, D 2006, Evaluation of the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA), Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd,
23. Bammer, G, McDonald, D & Breen, G 2005, Bulletin no. 3: Drug policy – mapping structures and enhancing processes, DPMP Bulletin Series, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Vic. 24. McDonald, D 2005, ACT Syringe Vending Machines Trial 2004-2006: Progress report no. 2, Siggins Miller Consultants and Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra. 25. McDonald, D 2005, ‘Drugs and research: an overview’, Of Substance: the national magazine on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 8-9. 26. Guthrie, J, Dance, P, Cubillo, C, McDonald, D, Tongs, J, Brideson, T & Bammer, G 2005, ‘Approaches to developing a culturally appropriate research team’, in LR Jackson Pulver & D McDermott (eds), Djiadi no. 1.1, revised monograph of the Inaugural Indigenous Health Unit Research Day 2004, Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, The University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, pp. 35-44. 27. McDonald, D 2005, ‘Suboxone: a welcome addition but no silver bullet, Of Substance: the national magazine on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 12-13. 28. Tresidder, J & McDonald, D 2005, ‘Peer education: popular but not proven?’, Of Substance: the national magazine on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 26-27. 29. McDonald, D 2005, ‘A rapid situation assessment of drug use in Papua New Guinea’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 79-82. 30. McDonald, D 2005, Case management in the substance abuse field: insights from the research literature; a report prepared for the Drug & Alcohol Policy Unit, ACT Health, Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra, published online at http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health? a=sendfile&ft=p&fid=1124677997&sid=. 31. McDonald, D 2005, ACT Syringe Vending Machines Trial 2004-2006: Progress report no. 1, Siggins Miller Consultants and Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd, Canberra, published online at http://www.health.act.gov.au/c/health? a=sendfile&ft=p&fid=1124677883&sid=. 32. McDonald D 2005, Anti-smoking health advertisements in cinemas: a literature review, published online at
37. McDonald, D 2004, ‘The impact of drug policy on the implementation of the Canberra Social Plan’, online at
51. McDonald, D 1999, ‘Australia: the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody”, pp. 283-301 in P. Havemann (ed.), Indigenous peoples’ rights in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, OUP, Auckland. 52. McDonald, D & Winmarang, M 1999. Rapid situation assessment of drug abuse in Papua New Guinea, 1998. Papua New Guinea National Narcotics Bureau, Port Moresby. 53. Book Review of S Chapman, Over our dead bodies: Port Arthur and Australia’s fight for gun control, in Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 330-332. 54. McDonald, D 1998, ‘Politiche sulla Canapa: discrezionalità penale e “tolleranza zero”’ (‘Hemp politics: penal discretion and “zero tolerance”’), Fuoriluogo, vol. 3, no. 10, p. 3. 55. McDonald, D 1998, ‘Notes and comments’, Proceedings, regulating cannabis: options for control in the twenty-first century: an international symposium, Regents College, London, 5 September. Published online at http://www.lindesmith.org/library/proceedings/cannabis/program.html. 56. McDonald, D 1998, ‘The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey – law and justice issues’, ALRM Focus, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 7-9. 57. McDonald, D 1998, ‘Aboriginal deaths in custody: contemporary policing issues’, PDC (Policing) Occasional Papers, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 45-68. 58. Mukherjee, S, Carcach, C, McDonald, D & Barnes, T 1998, Occasional paper: law and justice issues, indigenous Australians 1994, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 59. McDonald, D 1998, ‘“Man passeth away like a shadow”: Australian criminal justice system-related deaths six years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, pp. 44-63 in A. Liebling (ed.), Deaths of offenders: the darker side of justice, Waterside Press, Winchester, UK. 60. McDonald, D, Elvy, G & Mielke, J 1997, ‘Alcohol in the South Pacific: the mid 1990s’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 16, no. 4, pp.383-390. 61. Cunneen, C & McDonald, D 1997, ‘Indigenous imprisonment in Australia: an unresolved human rights issue’, Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 90-110. 62. McDonald, D & Cunneen, C 1996, ‘Aboriginal deaths in custody and Aboriginal incarceration: looking back and looking forward’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 9, no.1, pp. 5-20. 63. Carcach, C & McDonald, D 1997, National police custody survey 1995: national report, Research and Public Policy Series no. 9, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 64. McDonald, D & Brown, M. 1997, Indicators of aggressive behaviour: report to the Minister for Health and Family Services and the Minister for Family Services from an Expert Working Group, Research and Public Policy Series no. 8, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 13
65. Dalton, V, Atkinson, L, Carcach, C, McDonald, D & Mukherjee, S 1997, ‘Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody and incarceration’, in Implementation of the Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: annual report 1995-96, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Canberra, pp.1-61. 66. Cunneen, C and McDonald, D 1997, Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people out of custody: an evaluation of the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, ATSIC, Canberra. 67. McDonald, D 1996, ‘Australian deaths in custody: the impact of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, in A Liebling (ed.), Deaths in custody: caring for people at risk, Whiting & Birch, London, pp. 81-98. 68. McDonald, D 1996, ‘Deaths in police custody’, in D Chappell & P Wilson (eds), Australian policing: contemporary issues, 2nd edition, Butterworths, Sydney, pp.165-179. 69. McDonald, D 1996, Prevention of alcohol-related problems in the Pacific. Mission Report. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila. 70. Atkinson, L, Dagger, D, Dalton, V, Halstead, B, McDonald, D & Mukherjee, S 1996, ‘Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody and incarceration’, in Implementation of the Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: annual report 1994-95, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Canberra, pp.1-56. 71. McDonald, D, Aboriginal Health and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Discussion Paper no. 4, AIATSIS, Canberra, 1996. 72. McDonald, D 1996, The contemporary national drug policy strategies of Australia, the Netherlands and the USA, Prepared for the Victorian Premier’s Drug Advisory Council, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 73. Dalton, V & McDonald, D 1995, Australian deaths in custody and in custody- related police operations, 1994-95, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 11, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 74. McDonald, D 1995, ‘Methadone maintenance treatment in the management of opioid dependence’, pp. 46-47 in P. Grabosky & M. James (eds), The promise of crime prevention leading crime prevention programs, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 75. Atkinson, L & McDonald, D, Cannabis, the law and social impacts in Australia, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 48, Australian Institute of Criminology. 76. Dalton, V & McDonald, D 1995, Australian deaths in custody and in custody- related police operations, 1994, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 9, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 14
77. McDonald, D & Atkinson, L (eds) 1995, Social impact of the legislative options for cannabis in Australia: phase 1 research, Report to the National Drug Strategy Committee, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 78. Walker, J & McDonald, D 1995, The over-representation of indigenous people in custody in Australia, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 47, Australian Institute of Criminology. 79. McDonald, D & Walker, J 1995, ‘Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody and incarceration’, in Three years on: implementation of Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: annual report 1993-94, vol. 1, pp. 39-801, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Canberra. 80. McDonald, D & Whimp, K 1995, ‘Australia’s Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: law and justice issues’, in K Hazlehurst (ed.), Legal pluralism and the colonial legacy: indigenous experiences of justice in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Avebury, Aldershot, pp. 187-215. 81. Halstead, B, McDonald, D & Dalton, V 1995, Australian deaths in custody and in custody-related police operations, 1993-94, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 8, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 82. McDonald, D, Moore, R, Norberry, J, Wardlaw, G & Bellenden, N 1994, Legislative options for cannabis in Australia, National Drug Strategy Monograph No. 26, AGPS, Canberra. 83. McDonald, D 1994, ‘The monitoring of Australian deaths in custody: some contemporary issues’ Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 76- 89. 84. Morrison S, McDonald, D & Dalton V 1994, Australian deaths in custody 1993, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 7, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 85. McDonald, D, Bammer G, Legge D & Sibthorpe B 1994, ‘Service provision considerations for the evaluation of a heroin trial: a discussion paper’, in Issues for designing and evaluating a ‘heroin trial’, Feasibility Research into the Controlled Availability of Opioids, Working Paper no. 8, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University & the Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, pp. 31-34. 86. Bammer, G & McDonald, D 1994, ‘Report on a Workshop on Trial Evaluation’, in Issues for designing and evaluating a ‘heroin trial’, Feasibility Research into the Controlled Availability of Opioids, Working Paper no. 8, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University & the Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, pp. 1-10. 87. McDonald, D, Walker J & Howlett C 1994, ‘Trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody and incarceration: annual report 1992-93’, in Implementation of Commonwealth Government responses to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: first annual report 1992-93, vol. 1, pp. 1-41, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Canberra. 15
88. Howlett, C & McDonald, D 1994, Australian deaths in custody 1992-93, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 6, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 89. McDonald, D & Thomson N 1993, ‘Australian deaths in custody, 1980-1989: 2. causes’, Med J Aust, vol. 159, pp. 581-585. 90. Thomson N & McDonald, D 1993, ‘Australian deaths in custody 1980-1989: 1. relative risks of Aborigines and non-Aborigines’, Med J Aust, vol. 159, pp. 577-581. 91. McDonald, D & Howlett C 1993, Australian deaths in custody 1992, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 4, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 92. McDonald, D, Stevens A, Dance P & Bammer G 1993, ‘Illicit drug use in the Australian Capital Territory - implications for the feasibility of a “heroin trial”’, ANZJ Crim, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 127-145. 93. McDonald, D 1993, National police custody survey 1992: preliminary report, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 2, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 94. McDonald, D & Howlett C 1992, Australian deaths in custody 1990 & 1991, Deaths in Custody, Australia, no. 1, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 95. Legge D, McDonald, D & Benger C 1992, Improving Australia’s health: the role of primary health care, Final Report of the Review of the Role of Primary Health Care in Health Promotion in Australia, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra. 96. Biles D & McDonald, D (eds) 1992, Deaths in custody, Australia, 1980-1989, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. 97. Hartland N, McDonald, D, Dance P & Bammer G 1992, ‘Australian reports into drug use and the possibility of heroin maintenance’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 175-182. 98. Whimp K & McDonald, D 1991, ‘The national report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC): findings relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health’, Aboriginal Health Information Bulletin, no. 16. 99. McDonald, D & Biles D 1991, ‘Who gets locked up? The Australian police custody survey’, ANZJ Crim, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 190-203. 100. Fleming J, Watson C, McDonald, D & Alexander K 1991, ‘Drug use patterns in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities 1986-1987’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 367-380. 101. McDonald, D 1990, ‘Ayurveda and acupuncture in heroin detoxification in Sri Lanka’, Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 329-331. 102. Alexander, K (ed.) 1990, Aboriginal alcohol use and related problems: report and recommendations prepared by an Expert Working Group for the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Australia, (joint author). 16
103. Biles D, McDonald, D & Fleming J 1990, ‘Australian deaths in custody 1980-1988: an analysis of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal deaths in prison and police custody’, in A matter of life and death: contemporary Aboriginal mortality, A Gray, ed., Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, pp. 159-179. 104. Biles D, McDonald, D & Fleming J 1990, ‘Aboriginal and Non- Aboriginal deaths in custody’, ANZJ Crim, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 15-23. 105. McDonald, D 1989, ‘Australia adopts drug war compromises: policy driven by AIDS concern’, The Drug Policy Letter, vol. 1, no. 4. 106. McDonald, D, Brown H, Hamilton M, Miller M & Stephenson E 1988, ‘Australian drug policies 1988 and beyond - a drugs campaign evaluation’, Australian Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 499-505. 107. Stephenson E, Brown H, Hamilton M, McDonald, D & Miller M 1988, The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse 1985-1988: report of the Task Force on Evaluation, Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, Canberra. 108. [McDonald, D] 1988, How Many heroin users are there in Australia?, Statistical Update no. 5, National Drug Abuse Information Centre, Commonwealth Dept. of Health, Canberra. 109. McDonald, D 1987, ‘Australia’s National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’, guest editorial, Australian Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 169-170. 110. Larkins K, McDonald, D & Watson C (eds) 1985, Alcohol and drug use in a changing society: proceedings of the 2nd National Drug Institute, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 1985, Canberra: Alcohol and Drug Foundation Australia. 111. [McDonald, D & Alexander K] 1984, Evaluation of Banyan House. Northern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau, Darwin. 112. [ McDonald, D], Review of the Impact of Public Drinking Legislation - The ‘Two Kilometre Law’. Northern Territory Drug and Alcohol Bureau, Darwin, 1984. 113. Larkins K & McDonald, D 1984, ‘Recent NT liquor control initiatives’, Australian Alcohol/Drug Review, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 59-64. 114. McDonald, D 1978, Health care and community development: the inner city of Edmonton, M.A. thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 115. McDonald, D, Greenhill S & Laing L 1977, Community health resources for the inner city of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Department of Community Medicine. 116. McDonald, D 1970, ‘Holiday foster homes for children in residential care’, Focus, Journal of the NSW Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 1-13. 17
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS (presenter highlighted if not David McDonald) 1. ‘Alcohol policy in the Australian Capital Territory: past, present and future’, First Annual ACT Alcohol and Other Drug Sector Conference, Canberra, 25 June 2008. 2. ‘The policy context of drug-driving countermeasures’, Public Forum on Drugs and Driving, University of Canberra, 06 June 2008, http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/108793/Policy_Context _Drug_Driving_Countermeasures.pdf. 3. ‘How fear and stigma inhibit sound public health policies’, Public Forum on the Alexander Maconochie Centre, Canberra’s new prison, presented by the Community Coalition on Corrections, Canberra, 14 March 2008. The audio and PowerPoint slides are online at http://correctionscoalitionact.org.au/Forums/Recent/Recent.htm. 4. ‘Evaluating major national strategies in human services: challenges and possibilities the case of Australia’s National Drug Strategy 2004-2009’, David McDonald, Sally Hsueh-Chih Lai, Mary-Ellen Miller, Wayne Hall, Geraldine Cleary, Robert Bush, Greg Fowler, Peter O’Connor, Crissa Sumner- Armstrong, Ian Siggins, Michael Bolton, Eamon Siggins and Karen Price, Australasian Evaluation Society International Conference: Doing Evaluation Better, Melbourne, 7 September 2007 < http://www.tmpwave.com/aes2007/public/download.php? f=24_20070301170447_pap>. 5. ‘Drugs, money and government: estimating ACT Government expenditures on preventing and responding to drug abuse’, ACT Biennial Public Health Forum 2006, Canberra, 16 November 2006. 6. ‘Estimating ACT Government expenditure on preventing and responding to drug abuse’, APSAD National Conference: Drugs: Meeting New Challenges, Cairns, Qld, 5-8 November 2006,
11. ‘Drug policy in Australia’, Michigan State University Program: The People, Government, Justice System and Public Policies in Australia, The Australian National University, 2 Feb 2006. 12. ‘At the frontier of drug harm reduction: prisoners’ rights to health & safety’, Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform National Meeting, Parliament House, Canberra, 2 December 2005. 13. ‘The evaluation of AIVL’s National Hepatitis C Education Program’, poster presentation, APSAD National Conference: Science, Practice, Experience, Melbourne, 6-9 November 2005. 14. ‘School-based peer drug education: a policy analysis’, APSAD National Conference: Science, Practice, Experience, Melbourne, 6-9 November 2005. 15. ‘Initiating a trial of syringe vending machines in the Australian Capital Territory’, APSAD National Conference: Science, Practice, Experience, Melbourne, 6-9 November 2005. 16. ‘Illicit drugs in Papua New Guinea: the research process and implications of a rapid situation assessment’, invited lecture in the ‘Drugs in a Changing World Order’ seminar program, The Australian National University, Canberra, 11 Oct 2005. 17. ‘“I want to be heard”: an analysis of needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander illegal drug users in the ACT and Region for treatment and other services’, Australian MAE Annual Conference 2005 ‘Doing it together’, Canberra, 10 March 2005, P Dance, J Tongs, J Guthrie, D McDonald, R D’Souza, C Cubillo and G Bammer. 18. ‘Drug policy in Australia’, Michigan State University Program: The People, Government, Justice System and Public Policies in Australia, The Australian National University, 25 Jan 2005. 19. ‘“I want to be heard”: an analysis of needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander illegal drug users in the ACT and Region for treatment and other services’. ACT Election ‘critical issues’ forum on the state of Indigenous health, ACT Branch of the Australian Medical Association, AMA House, Canberra, October, 2004, P Dance, J Tongs, J Guthrie, D McDonald, R D’Souza, C Cubillo and G Bammer. 20. ‘“I want to be heard” – analysis of needs of Indigenous illegal drug users in ACT and region regarding treatment and services’, Inaugral Indigenous Health Day, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, 2 September 2004, J Guthrie, J Tongs, P Dance, D McDonald, R D’Souza, C Cubillo, G Bammer. 21. ‘The impact of drug policy on the implementation of the Canberra Social Plan’, Drug Action Week Public Forum, Canberra, 23 June 2004. 22. ‘Rapid assessment as a research strategy: the Papua New Guinea drug abuse rapid situation assessment, 1998-99’, invited lecture in Research Methods in Information Technology seminar program, School of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra, 30 April 2004. 19
23. ‘Thinking about drugs policy: some core concepts that might underpin the next stage of Australia’s National Drug Strategy’, presentation to Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Canberra, 22 May 2003. 24. ‘Prevention: where does it fit in the mix?’, International Research Symposium: Preventing Substance Use, Risky Use and Harm: What is Evidence-based Policy? Perth, Western Australia, 24-27 February 2003, M Hamilton, G Bammer and D McDonald. 25. ‘An Analysis of Needs of Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Illegal Drug Users in the ACT and Region for Treatment and Other Services’, presentation to NHMRC National Illicit Drug Strategy Working Party, APSAD National Conference, Adelaide, November 2002, J Tongs, P Dance, J Guthrie, C Cubillo, D McDonald, R D’Souza and G Bammer. 26. ‘Transferring Skills Between Aboriginal Medical Services and Research Institutions’, AMA NT Inc. Conference: Missionaries, Mercenaries & Misfits: Indigenous Health Initiatives across Northern Australia, Darwin, September 2002, J Tongs, P Dance, T Brideson, J Guthrie, C Cubillo, D McDonald, R D’Souza and G Bammer. 27. ‘Law, Justice and Drugs: Moving Towards a “Net Harm” Approach’, Public Forum on Law, Justice and Drugs, Drug Action Week, Canberra, 28 June 2003. 28. ‘Towards a Model of Skills Transfer between Aboriginal Medical Services and Research Institutions’, Master of Applied Epidemiology Conference, Canberra, March 2002, J Tongs, P Frith, T Brideson, J Guthrie, P Dance, D McDonald, R D’Souza and G Bammer. 29. ‘Health Research in Prisons: Who said you’d be a mug to try it?’, Wrongs and Rights: Prisons and Public Health – Responsibilities, Challenges, Possibilities. National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, 24 November 2000. 30. ‘The Uphill Battle to Reduce Drug-Related Harm: The Collapse of Canberra’s Supervised Injecting Place Trial’, Fourth NCEPH Work in Progress Conference, The Australian National University, Canberra, 10 November 2000. 31. ‘Drugs in Papua New Guinea: The Findings of a Rapid Situation Assessment’, International Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations Against Drug Abuse, Winter School in the Sun, Brisbane 4 July 2000. 32. ‘A Public Health Researcher’s Perspective on the Relevance of International Law to Drug Trials in Australia’, International Law Discussion Group Seminar, Faculty of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, 9 March 2000. 33. ‘Firearm-caused Homicides in New South Wales: “How Did the Gun Get There?”’, invited lecture, Information & Intelligence Centre, New South Wales Police Service, Sydney, 21 January 2000. 34. ‘Intentionality in Homicide’, Homicide Research Working Group Symposium, Toronto, Canada, 18 November 1999. 35. ‘How Did the Gun Get There? Enhancing Strategies Aimed at Preventing Firearm-Caused Homicides in a Relatively Low Gun-Owning Nation’, American Society of Criminology, 51st Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 17- 20 November 1999. 20
36. ‘A Rapid Situation Assessment of Drug Abuse in Papua New Guinea’, Annual Conference of the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol & Other Drugs, Canberra, 1-10 November 1999. 37. ‘Diversion and Best Practice for Indigenous People: A Non-Indigenous View’, Best Practice Interventions in Corrections for Indigenous People, Adelaide, 13- 15 October 1999, C Cunneen and D McDonald. 38. ‘Kava in the Pacific: The Transition from Traditional Intoxicant to Drug of Abuse’, ACT Public Health Expo, Canberra, 9 September 1999. 39. ‘Interpersonal Violence: Public Health Perspectives’, Australian Institute of Criminology Roundtable on Public Health Perspectives on Interpersonal Violence, Canberra, 7 September 1999. 40. ‘Population Health & Criminological Perspectives on the Prevention of Firearm- Caused Homicides’, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health seminar, Australian National University, 29 July 1999. 41. ‘Kava in the Pacific: An Emerging Public Health Problem?’, 19th Pacific Science Congress, Sydney, 4-9 July 1999. 42. ‘Strategies for Preventing Interpersonal Violence: A Role for Health Development?’, The National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health 10th Anniversary Conference: Developing Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, 11-12 November 1998. 43. ‘Kava in the Pacific: An Emerging Public Health Issue?’, 1998 Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs National Conference, Sydney, 9-11 November 1998. 44. ‘The Proximate or the Population: McMichael, Violence and Drugs’, Third NCEPH Work in Progress Conference: From Academic to Useful …, The Australian National University, Canberra, 7 October 1998. 45. ‘Public Health and Criminal Justice Perspectives on Firearm Controls’, Seminar Presenter, ACT Chapter, Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics, Canberra, 16 April 1998. 46. ‘Deaths in Police Custody and Police Operations: The Impact of Recent Australian Reforms’, British Criminology Conference, Belfast, 16-18 July 1997. 47. ‘‘Man Passeth Away Like a Shadow’: Australian Criminal Justice System- Related Deaths Six Years After the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, Deaths of Offenders: The Darker Side of Justice Conference, Brunel University, Uxbridge, 2-4 July 1997. 48. ‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Contemporary Policing Issues’, Indigenous Issues and Policing Seminar, NSW Police Academy and Professional Development Centre (Policing), Charles Sturt University, Goulburn, 25-26 June 1997. 49. ‘Injury Among Young Males: Policy Responses Following Port Arthur’, National Injury Prevention Workshop, Sydney, 12-13 June 1997. 50. ‘Substance Abuse in the South Pacific’, Annual Meeting of the Section on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Sydney 2-3 May 1997. 21
51. ‘Indicators of Aggression: Criminal Justice and Population Health Perspectives on Violence’, The Second National Outlook Symposium: Violent Crime, Property Crime and Public Policy, Canberra, 3-4 March 1997. 52. ‘Violence in Australia: Risk Factors and Policy Responses’, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, 12 November 1996, with Melanie Brown. 53. ‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Aboriginal Incarceration: Looking Back and Looking Forward’, Public Seminar, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 6 November 1996, http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/other/mcdonald_david/1996-11-dic.html . 54. ‘Deaths in Police Custody’, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 29 January-1 February 1996. 55. ‘The Monitoring and Evaluation of National Drug Strategies and Programs’, Expert Forum on Drug Demand Reduction in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Hanoi, 11-15 December 1995. 56. ‘Issues Relating to Deaths in Custody’, Discussant, Australian National University Graduate Program in Public Policy/Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research Seminar, 4 September 1995. 57. ‘Trends in Indigenous Deaths in Custody and Incarceration’, National Conference of Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committees, Brisbane, 16-18 August 1995. 58. ‘Aboriginal Health and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Four Years of Implementation of the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 8 May 1995. 59. ‘The Monitoring and Evaluation of National Drug Strategies and Programs’, Expert Forum on Drug Demand Reduction in South and Southwest Asia, New Delhi, 6-10 March 1995. 60. ‘Monitoring of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, National Aboriginal and Islander Legal Services Secretariat National Conference, Broadbeach, 2-27 January 1995. 61. ‘Australian Deaths in Custody: The Impact of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, Deaths in Custody: Caring for People at Risk; An International Conference, New Hall, Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 5-7 April 1994. 62. ‘Policing Australia: What Can We Learn From the National Police Custody Survey?’. Ninth Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Sydney, 28 September-1 October 1993. 63. ‘The Monitoring of Australian Deaths in Custody: Some Contemporary Issues’. Institute of Criminology, The University of Sydney, Public Seminar, Sydney, 29 September 1993. 22
64. ‘Service Delivery Considerations for the Evaluation of a Heroin Trial’, Trial Evaluation Workshop, Feasibility Research into the Controlled Availability of Opioids, with G. Bammer, D. Legge & B. Sibthorpe, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, 15 June 1993. 65. ‘Corrections Health and Custodial Deaths: Government Responses to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’. Corrections Health, Second National Conference, Sydney, 6-7 August 1992. 66. ‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Implications for Aboriginal Health Research’. Workshop on Confronting the Barriers to Improvements in Aboriginal Health: The Role of Research. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 28-30 April 1992. 67. ‘The Role of Primary Health Care in Health Promotion in Australia’. The Window of Opportunity: First National Congress, An Intersectoral Approach to Drug Related Problems in our Society. Adelaide, 2-6 December 1991. 68. ‘Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Drug Related Issues’. The Window of Opportunity: First National Congress, An Intersectoral Approach to Drug Related Problems in our Society. Adelaide, 2-6 December 1991. 69. ‘The Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Health Implications’. Twenty-third Annual Conference, Public Health Association of Australia, Alice Springs, 29 September-2 October 1991. 70. ‘Who Gets Locked Up? Police Custody, Aboriginality and Public Drunkenness in Australia’, 10th National Conference of the Australian Medical and Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Sydney, 7-10 October 1990. 71. ‘Making Drug Research Relevant to Policy Formulation: One View from the Bureaucracy’, Epidemiology of Illegal Drug Use in Australia 1990: Proceedings of the Second National Drug Indicators Conference, Canberra, 12- 14 March 1990, ed. G. Wardlaw, Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1991, pp. 463-473. 72. ‘National Drug Data Bases: The National Drug Abuse Information Centre’, Epidemiology of Illegal Drug Use in Australia 1988: Proceedings of the First National Drug Indicators Conference, Canberra, 10-12 May 1988, ed. G. Wardlaw, Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989, pp. 323-338. 73. ‘A Review of the Processes of Evaluating Australia’s National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’, in A Case Study of the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse: The Australian Experience, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Formulation of Policies and Strategies to Combat Drug Abuse, 24-31 March 1988, [Canberra: Department of Community Services and Health, 1988], pp. 118-126. 74. ‘A Continuing ‘Drug Offensive’: Australia’s National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’, in The Clinical Biochemist: Screening for Drug Abuse - A Community Challenge, Proceedings of a conjoint conference, Canberra, 20-21 February 1988, pp. 70-72. 23
75. ‘Australian Experience in the Utilization of Community Resources for the Prevention and Reduction of Drug Abuse’‘ UN Division of Narcotic Drugs Workshop on the Utilization of Community Resources, Manila, 7-11 December 1987. 76. ‘The Evaluation of the First Year of Australia’s National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’, Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the Non-Governmental Organisations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse, Canberra: Alcohol and Drug Foundation, Australia, 1987, pp. 233-235. 77. ‘Keynote Address’, Proceedings of the National Workshop on Drug and Alcohol Evaluation, Sydney, 11-13 August 1986, pp. 8-15. 78. ‘The Evaluation of Australia’s National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’‘ Third National Evaluation Conference, Sydney, 23-25 July 1986. 79. ‘The National Drug Information Centre: It’s Place in Policy Formulation’. Illegal Drug Markets and Law Enforcement Strategies. Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, 24-27 June 1986. 80. ‘Evaluation of Treatment Programs Under the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse’, National Drug Treatment Workshop, Melbourne, 15-17 April 1986.