AIC research in 2003 examined the costs of crime to the Australian community. This current report provides an update to the previous work by estimating the costs of crime for 2005. While relying primarily on data from the United Kingdom and United States, some Australian data provide general estimates of crime-related costs. The total costs...

The illegal trade in timber and timber products leads to economic losses in many countries as well as environmental degradation. International policy exists to curtail some of the trade, but there are still clandestine operations by large organisations and criminal networks. This report examines the scale of the illegal timber trade in the Asia-Pacific region...

This paper considers the Queensland Drug court's attempt to reduce reoffending by drug-dependent offenders with a long history of criminal offending and heavy drug use. The study found that successful graduates consistently report a decline in their criminal activity and lower rates of recidivism than those who dropped out of the program or were sent...

Details are presented on individual and organizational victims, offenders, the location and timing of incidents, weapon use, type of property stolen, the relationship between offender and victim and offender motivation. Findings show that the features of armed robbery have not changed significantly since reporting began in 2003.

As well as reporting on longer terms trends in deaths in custody, the report presents information on the 31 deaths in prison and 22 deaths in police custody and custody-related operations that occurred in 2006. There is a separate section on motor vehicle pursuit and police shooting deaths.