Australian Institute of Criminology news

Money laundering risks of prepaid stored value cards

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +1000

Stored value cards (SVCs) offer new opportunities for illicit financial transactions, money laundering and bulk cash smuggling by organised criminals, according to a Trends & Issues paper released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).

Risk factors in Indigenous violent victimisation

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +1000

This technical and background paper examines the demographic, psychological, sociological and cultural factors of violent victimisation within Indigenous communities.

DUMA data collection EOI/RFT

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:30:00 +1000

The Institute is seeking expressions of interest from suitable people/organisations to gather data from police detainees as part of the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program.

Drug use monitoring in Australia : 2007 annual report on drug use among police detainees

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:30:00 +1000

This report presents 2007 data on police detainees participating in the AIC's Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program.

The use of modelling to inform illicit drug policy : examples from the Drug Policy Modelling Program

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:30:00 +1000

Free seminar to be presented by Assoc Prof Alison Ritter, Director, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra, 17 September.

Reintegration of Indigenous prisoners

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:00 +1000

This report presents the findings of a national study on the extent and nature of recidivism and on reintegration of Indigenous prisoners back into the community. It fills an important gap in the knowledge of recidivism among Indigenous male offenders imprisoned for violent offences and how their rates of re-offending compare with non-Indigenous prisoners.

Trafficking of women for sexual purposes

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +1000

This report provides insight into the issues, barriers and challenges of responding to trafficking of women in Australia through the learned experience of victims' and offenders' contacts.

Prosecuting trafficking in persons : known issues, emerging responses

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +1000

This paper is the second in a series that examines the different components of the criminal justice response to trafficking in persons.