In general, farm crime has not attracted a lot of research activity. Marissa McCall and Peter Homel review types of farm crime, farmer attitudes to crime and prevention, difficulties in dealing with this type of crime, and crime prevention programs and tactics. As repeat victimisation has been identified as an outstanding feature, it is recommended...

They propose that financial incentives be offered to individuals or firms participating in illegal activity in return for the provision of evidence against other participants. In order to ensure that attractive incentives can be offered, and large fines levied, it is also proposed that a revenue contingent payment mechanism be utilised to extract both incentive...

This study by Jenny Mouzos and Maria Borzycki had two aims. The first was to provide an analysis of the characteristics of armed robberies, the offenders and the victims, while the second was to examine the value of a regular armed robbery monitoring program. Data were supplied by state and territory police services for a...

This is the report of the second of three annual surveys of farm crime in Australia. Although the rate of crime fell slightly since the first survey, the cost is estimated at around $72 million. Marissa McCall summarises type, prevalence and occurrence of crime, and shows differences between large and small farms, and remote and...

Circle sentencing was first developed in Canada in 1992 for the sentencing of Indigenous offenders in a community setting, with aims including empowering and healing communities, providing more meaningful sentencing options, supporting offender rehabilitation, and supporting victims. In response to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Australian courts, the process has now been trialled in...