The Insurance Council of Australia estimates that cyber-crime costs companies worldwide around about $3 trillion each year, with around 67 per cent of computer users affected in some way. The areas of greatest impact are laptop theft, data or network sabotage, virus and Trojan infection, computer fraud, denial of service attacks and excessive network resource...

Nicole Billante argues that a visible police presence in the community and increased police resources must form a key part of a crime prevention strategy in Australia. She analyses successful policing initiatives which have dramatically reduced crime in America and Britain, to argue that Australian policy makers and police should take note if this country's...

On some occasions, the act of homicide is a 'side effect' or unplanned consequence of another criminal act, for example robbery or sexual assault. Of the 4,108 homicide incidents that occurred in Australia between 1989 and 2002, 542 (13%) occurred in the course of another crime, and 56% of such 'crime homicides' occurred during the...

At present, adult Australians spend $13,839 million a year on gambling, or $901 per adult per year. However, with increasing opportunities and venues for gambling, public concern about 'problem gambling' has grown. This paper examines one of the principal social costs of gambling, namely, gambling related crime, or crime committed by individual gamblers in order...

Situational crime prevention is a primary prevention measure, directed at stopping crime problems before they occur. It focuses on reducing crime opportunities rather than on the characteristics of criminals or potential criminals. Situational prevention seeks to reduce opportunities for specific categories of crime by increasing the associated risks and difficulties and reducing the rewards. A...