Commentary
Election FactCheck: is crime getting worse in Australia?
Publisher
Organised crime
Violent crimes
Crime
Australia
Description
Research shows that Australians’ perceptions of crime and justice aren’t always in line with what crime statistics show. But rather than basing judgements about crime trends on a particular incident or spate of incidents, or on how crime is portrayed in the news, it’s important to look at the trends for all crime – or, at the very least, all reported crime.
Drawing on statistics from the past 15 years, we can fact check many of Hanson’s claims – although not those based only on anecdotal evidence.
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The Conversation Media Group 2017
License type:
CC BY-ND
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
26 Apr 2018