Courts have experimented with sanctions which require the computer of an offender convicted of high tech crimes to be forfeited, or which prohibit the offender from undertaking computer-related activities. Some courts have also imposed requirements that the offender's computer activities be monitored by a probation officer or that the computer have filtering software installed to...

These bulletins are regular, concise and topical one-page sheets on a broad range of topics relating to the deliberate lighting of fires in Australian bushland environments. The BushFIRE arson bulletins aim to build a knowledge of all aspects of bushfire arson - who lights fires, why they do it and what authorities can do about...

The majority of incarcerated women interviewed for this study were drug-dependent, under the influence of drugs at the time of the offence, and actively involved in the drug market in the form of buying or selling drugs. Women are more likely to attribute their offending to drugs, and more often begin drug use prior to...

From 2000 to 2002 the Australian Capital Territory experienced significant declines in the rate of burglary. Toni Makkai, Jerry Ratcliffe, Keenan Veraar and Lisa Collins examine the key factors associated with this reduction and provide a profile of recidivist property offenders in the ACT. They find significant evidence that an ACT Australian Federal Police operation...

As not all antisocial behaviour is recorded by police, it is valuable to measure adolescents' own reports of their involvement in such behaviour. Self-reported measures allow questions to be answered about the types, rates and across-time patterns of adolescent antisocial behaviour and the degree to which such behaviour results in criminal justice contact. Diana Smart...