This paper investigates how the declining proportion of younger people and increasing proportion of older people in the population has reduced past crime levels and should reduce future crime levels. Official crime statistics suggest that young people aged 24 years and under make the greatest contribution to a population’s overall crime levels. A decline in...

This paper uses a case study of the Western Australian population to illustrate the extent to which Australia's largest birth cohort have engaged in higher levels of criminal activity compared with smaller birth cohorts. Official Australian crime statistics indicate that individual offence levels peak around 15–24 years of age and decline thereafter. Change in this...

Recent data from the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program indicate a decrease in the use of ecstasy among police detainees. Specifically, only five percent of police detainees in 2010 and 2011 reported using ecstasy; 50 percent lower than in 2009 when ecstasy use peaked at 11 percent. Key findings: Recent...

Recent survey by the Australian Institute of Criminology regarding the use of both illegal and legal pharmacutical drugs by police detainees. In light of increased concern regarding the illegal use of prescription medication and the extent of the diversion of pharmaceuticals into the black market, the AIC incorporated a set of new questions into its...

This report examines the risks to the Australian non-profit sector of money laundering and terrorism financing and describes the regulatory changes that could minimise risk. The exploitation of the non-profit sector for money laundering and, in particular, the financing of terrorism, is understood to have been a long-established practice. However, the methods and sources used...