TY - Report AU - Don Weatherburn AU - Jessie Holmes PY - 2013 T1 - The decline in robbery and theft: inter-state comparisons PB - NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research DO - https://doi.org/APO-35179 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/35179 AB - This paper finds that the national decline in robbery and theft offences is partly due to a reduction in heroin use and partly due to improvements in the economy, but that other factors are likely to have also played a role. Aim: To describe and discuss inter-jurisdictional trends in police-recorded robbery and theft offences. ER -