This report presents detailed tabulated information on deaths in custody in Australia for the year 2001 and also provides jurisdictional breakdowns for comparative purposes. During 2001 there was a total of 87 deaths in police and prison custody, including 19 Indigenous deaths. There were no deaths in juvenile detention in Australia during 2001. When compared...

Based on data for local government areas in the mainland eastern states this study shows that crime rates are lower in local areas with high levels of participation on community-oriented activities; includes short section on Indigenous population.

This report discusses homicide trends in Australia, 1989 to 2001, and provides state by state data for 2000-2001 on homicide incidents, victims, offenders, and the relationship between the victim and the offender.

For the AIC's Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program, 2001 was the final year of data collection in a three-year pilot program. Funding was provided under the Commonwealth's National Illicit Drug Strategy in July 1998 to establish the program, which has monitored illicit drug use among detainees in four sites - Bankstown and Parramatta...

Based on evidence from a study of 74 anti homosexual homicides with male victims that occurred in New South Wales between 1980 and 2000, this report analyses the social characteristics of victims and perpetrators and the situational factors involved, as well as case studies outlining specific homicide scenarios. The study also examines the links between...