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Dr Toni Makkai
PhD

Australian Institute of Criminology

Toni MakkaiToni Makkai is Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, a statutory agency that undertakes research for policy makers in the criminal justice field. She has held a number of positions within the AIC including Director of Research. Prior to this she has worked in the university sector in both the UK and at the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. She is a quantitative criminologist with a strong focus on policy relevant research. Her research interests include drugs and crime, crime statistics, drug courts, and regulation and compliance in the professions. Her most recent publications have included ‘Drugs and Crime: A Study of Incarcerated Male Offenders’, AIC Research and Public Policy Series, ‘Drugs and Crime’ in The Cambridge Handbook of Australian Criminology, ‘Patterns of recent drug use amongst a sample of Australian detainees’ in Addictions and ‘The Emergence of Drug Courts in Australia’, Journal of Substance Misuse and Use.