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...

Jerry Ratcliffe and Toni Makkai explore the impact of a targeted policing operation to reduce property crime. By comparing property crime data for the Australian Capital territory and surrounding areas of New South Wales, they find no evidence for displacement, either spatially or by crime type, following a significant burglary reduction strategy, Operation Anchorage, in...

Intelligence led policing is now a term in common usage within Australian law enforcement. This paper considers the origins, definition and aims of intelligence led policing, as well as a model of how it should work, through interpretation of the criminal environment, influence on decision makers, and subsequent impact on the criminal environment. The paper...

In examining home addresses of burglars and the addresses of their targets, Jerry Ratcliffe found that burglars did not, as expected, work in their own neighbourhood. Most burglars (77 per cent) travelled away from their home suburb to do their work, travelling an average of five kilometres to their target. There was no evidence that...