This study finds that offending on parole is less common than previous studies have suggested. Abstract Aim: To measure the rate of re-offending on parole and identify the predictors of both general and violent offending on parole. To describe the types of offences committed on parole. Method: The analysis was based on 9,604 offenders released...

In this paper, four armed robbery profiles have been constructed, based on information contained in qualitative police narratives supplied as part of the AIC’s National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program. Summary In 2010, approximately 5,000 individuals and organisations reported being the victim of armed robbery. After assault and sexual assault, armed robbery is the third most...

The shock that property crime can cause is underestimated by most people – burglary victims, in particular, may experience a psychological trauma in addition to the loss of the property itself. Summary Property crime in Australia declined by more than half between 2001 and 2011 – affecting 2.9 per cent of households in 2012, according...

In the 24 months to June 2014, no major crime categories in New South Wales showed a significant upward trend across the state as a whole. Seven of the major offences showed significant downward trends: robbery without a weapon (down 18.7%); break and enter dwelling (down 10.5%); break and enter non-dwelling (down 14.6%); motor vehicle...

Abstract: This report provides an overview of the offences that an individual who sexually abuses a child in an institutional setting may be charged with in the nine Australian jurisdictions. These include contact and non-contact sexual offences, child pornography offences and offences for which institutions and/or their representatives that were aware of child sexual abuse...