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Caitlin Hughes is a criminologist and Senior Research Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. She serves as Vice-President of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy. Her work primarily focuses on improving drug policy through the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), where she aims to enhance understanding of the effects of legislative regimes and law enforcement approaches. Hughes translates research evidence to engage policy makers directly, and assesses the social, health, and criminal justice impacts of various drug laws and policies. Her research interests include deterrent effects of street-level drug law enforcement, police use of drug detection dogs, and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of Australian drug diversion programs. She has contributed to significant projects, including examining the impacts of Portugal's decriminalization of illicit drug use and providing insights for the Irish Government on alternatives to arrest for simple drug possession. Hughes also investigates Australian drug markets, focusing on substances such as MDMA, methamphetamine, and pharmaceutical opioids. Currently, her research explores festival safety and drug-related harms, police legitimacy across various countries, and models for decriminalization and diversion for illicit drug possession.
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