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Annual report 2006/07

Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2007
ISSN 0311-449X

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AIC Appendixes

Appendix 1 : AIC publications released in 2006-07

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/index.html

No. 318 Factors associated with drug and alcohol dependency among women in prison. Holly Johnson, September 2006
No. 319 Drug use among police detainees. Jenny Mouzos and Lance Smith, July 2006
No. 320 Mortality and morbidity in prisoners after release from prison in Western Australia 1995-2003. Michael Hobbs et al., July 2006
No. 321 Crime against businesses in two ethnically diverse communities. Natalie Taylor, October 2006
No. 322 Illicit drug use in rural and remote Indigenous communities. Judy Putt and Brendan Delahunty, August 2006
No. 323 The Pathways to Prevention project: doing developmental prevention in a disadvantaged community. Ross Homel et al., August 2006
No. 324 Identification systems: a risk assessment framework. Russell Smith, September 2006
No. 325 The post-release experience of prisoners in Queensland. Stuart A Kinner, September 2006
No. 326 Swarming and the social dynamics of group violence. Rob White, October 2006
No. 327 An investigation into the effective and ethical interviewing of suspected sex offenders. Mark Kebbell, Emily Hurren and Paul Mazerolle, November 2006
No. 328 Armed robbery: who commits it and why? Katie Willis, November 2006
No. 329 Mobile and wireless technologies: security and risk factors. Gregor Urbas and Tony Krone, November 2006
No. 330 Internet purchasing: perceptions and experiences of Australian households. Tony Krone and Holly Johnson, February 2007
No. 331 Consumer scams in Australia: an overview. Russell G Smith, February 2007
No. 332 A framework for measuring the performance of drug law enforcement. Peter Homel and Katie Willis, February 2007
No. 333 Zombies and botnets. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, March 2007
No. 334 The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system. James RP Ogloff, Michael R Davis, George Rivers and Stuart Ross, March 2007
No. 335 Juvenile arson intervention programs in Australia. Damon A Muller and Ashley Stebbins, May 2007
No. 336 Benzodiazepine use and harms among police detainees in Australia. Wendy Loxley, May 2007
No. 337 Partner violence among a sample of police detainees. Jenny Mouzos and Lance Smith, June 2007

Research and public policy series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/index.html

No. 69 Armed robbery in Australia: 2004 National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program annual report. Maria Borzycki, July 2006
No. 70 Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2005 annual report on drug use among police detainees. Jenny Mouzos, Lance Smith and Natalie Hind, July 2006
No. 71 Mortality and morbidity in prisoners after release from prison in Western Australia 1995-2003. Michael Hobbs, Kati Krazlan, Steve Ridout, Qun Mai, Mathew K Nuiman and Ralph Chapman, September 2006
No. 72 Homicide in Australia: 2004-05 National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) annual report. Jenny Mouzos and Tina Houliaras, February 2007
No. 73 Firearms theft in Australia: 2004-05. Maria Borzycki and Jenny Mouzos, February 2007
No. 74 Criminal trial delays in Australia: trial listing outcomes. Jason Payne, March 2007
No. 75 Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2006 annual report on drug use among police detainees. Jenny Mouzos, Natalie Hind, Lance Smith and Kerryn Adams, June 2007

Technical and background paper series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tbp/index.html

No. 21 Deaths in custody in Australia: National Deaths in Custody Program annual report 2005. Jacqueline Joudo, October 2006
No. 22 Juveniles in detention in Australia, 1981-2005. Natalie Taylor, December 2006
No. 23 Review of anti-corruption strategies. Rob McCusker, December 2006
No. 24 A discrete-time survival of drug use and property offending: implications for early intervention and treatment. Jason Payne, December 2006

Crime facts info series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/index.html

No. 126Trends in recorded robbery. 4 July 2006
No. 127Armed robbery in Australia: weapon use by location. 19 July 2006
No. 128Child protection and Indigenous status. 1 August 2006
No. 129Drug use trends among police detainees. 15 August 2006
No. 130Violence experienced by men and women. 29 August 2006
No. 131Morbidity after release from prison. 12 September 2006
No. 132Drug use and crime. 26 September 2006
No. 133Mortality after release from prison. 10 October 2006
No. 134The costs of high tech crime. 24 October 2006
No. 135Police perceptions of negative outcomes due to illicit drugs in Indigenous communities. 6 November 2006
No. 136Domestic violence order offenders. 21 November 2006
No. 137Children present in family violence incidents. 5 December 2006
No. 138Community perceptions of domestic violence. 19 December 2006
No. 139Violence in Indigenous communities. 9 January 2007
No. 140Reporting violence to police. 23 January 2007
No. 141Homicides in Australia 2004-05: weapon type. 6 February 2007
No. 1422006 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards. 20 February 2007
No. 143Perceptions of crime. 6 March 2007
No. 144Consumer scams in Australia. 20 March 2007
No. 145Australian firearm thefts, 2004-05. 3 April 2007
No. 146Criminal trials: time to completion. 17 April 2007
No. 147Prisoners in Australia. 1 May 2007
No. 148Underground markets in stolen digital information. 15 May 2007
No. 149Older Australians in prison. 29 May 2007
No. 150Robbery victimisation. 12 June 2007
No. 151Drug use among police detainees across Australia. 26 June 2007

AICrime reduction matters series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/index.html

No. 47 Evaluation: data linkage issues. 4 July 2006
No. 48 Implementing Communities That Care: a UK evaluation. 2 August 2006
No. 49 Partnerships for crime prevention. 5 September 2005
No. 50 Working out 'what works' in crime prevention. 3 October 2006
No. 51 Using action research: an example from substance use research. 6 November 2006
No. 52 Tensions over turf: how to minimise conflict in partnerships. 5 December 2006
No. 53 Policing domestic violence: barriers and good practice. 9 January 2007
No. 54 Cost effectiveness of early intervention. 6 February 2007
No. 55 Policing substance misuse in rural and remote communities: a good practice framework. 6 March 2007
No. 56 Protecting personal identity. 3 April 2007
No. 57 Preventing farm crime. 1 May 2007
No. 58 Is notification of sex offenders in local communities effective? 5 June 2007

Bushfire arson bulletin series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/bfab/index.html

No. 34Consequences of bushfire arson, part 3: psychological impacts. 20 July 2006
No. 35Latest additions to the bibliographic database. 15 August 2006
No. 36Firesetting as a predictor of violence. 19 September 2006
No. 37Bushfire arson investigation. 17 October 2006
No. 38Australian juvenile arson intervention programs. 21 November 2006
No. 39Bushfires lit deliberately during adverse bushfire weather. 19 December 2006
No. 40The time of day of bushfires in Australia. 16 January 2007
No. 41Sentences for arson in Victoria. 28 February 2007
No. 42People and bushfires: not just a bush problem? 20 March 2007
No. 43People and bushfires: situational crime prevention and bushfire arson. 17 April 2007
No. 44People and bushfires: factors affecting fire frequency. 15 May 2007
No. 45Are arsonists repeat offenders? 19 June 2007

High tech crime brief series

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/htcb

No. 10 Malware: viruses, worms, Trojan horses. 21 February 2007
No. 11 More malware: adware, spyware, spam and spim. 21 February 2007
No. 12 High tech crime tools. 21 February 2007
No. 13 More high tech crime tools. 21 February 2007
No. 14 New methods of transferring value electronically. 28 February 2007
No. 16 Money mules. 3 April 2007

Other AIC publications

Appendix 2 : Non-AIC publications

A number of Institute staff had work published in non-AIC publications during 2006-2007. This includes publicly released consultancy reports.

  • Chow SSM & Choo KKR 2007 Strongly-secure identity-based key agreement and anonymous extension, in Juan Garay (ed), 10th Information Security Conference 200 - ISC 2007, Valparaiso, Chile. Lecture notes in computer science October
  • Choo KKR 2006 On the security analysis of Lee, Hwang, & Lee (2004) and Song & Kim (2000) key exchange/agreement protocols. Informatica 17(4): 467-480
  • Delahunty B & Putt J 2006 The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Adelaide: NDLERF
  • Good practice framework: policing illicit drugs in rural and remote communities. Adelaide: NDLERF
  • Hayes H & Makkai T 2007 Measuring crime, in Hayes H & Prenzler T (eds), An introduction to crime. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia
  • Homel P 2007 Who says crime prevention hasn't worked? Annual Crime Prevention Lecture in Proceedings of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) Annual Colloquium: Communities in action for crime prevention, 14-15 September 2006. Montréal: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime: 44-50
  • Homel P 2006 Joining up the pieces: what central agencies need to do to support effective local crime prevention, in Knutsson J & Clarke RV (eds), Putting theory to work: implementing situational prevention and problem-oriented policing Crime Prevention Studies 20: 111-138
  • Johnson H 2006 Concurrent drug and alcohol dependency and mental health problems among incarcerated women. Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology 39(2): 190-217
  • Makkai T & Prenzler T 2007 The prevalence of crime, in Hayes H & Prenzler T (eds), An introduction to crime. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia
  • McCusker R 2007 Muling money across the globe. Anti-money laundering April/May: 32-33
  • McCusker R 2007 The ultimate "work at home" scam. Money laundering intelligence no.14:12-13
  • McCusker R 2006 Transnational organised cyber crime: distinguishing threat from reality. Crime, law & social change 46(4/5): 257-273
  • Mouzos J 2007 Violence, in Hayes H & Prenzler T (eds), An introduction to crime. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia
  • Putt J & Frearson P 2007 Rural Indigenous drug use: a challenge for police. Of substance 5(1): 22-24
  • Smith R 2007 Biometric solutions to identity-related cybercrime, in Jewkes Y (ed) Crime online. Cullompton: Willan: 44-59
  • Taylor N 2006 Analysis of family violence incidents July 2003 - June 2004: final report prepared for ACT Policing. Canberra: AFP
  • Taylor N & Mouzos J 2006 Community attitudes to violence against women survey 2006. Melbourne: VicHealth
  • Urbas G 2006 Criminalising computer misconduct: some legal and philosophical problems. Asia Pacific law review 14(1): 95-121
  • Willis K, Homel P & Gray K 2006 Developing and implementing a performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia. Adelaide: NDLERF

Appendix 3 : Presentations by AIC staff

  • Choo R 2006. High tech crime tools review. Cyber crime in focus conference, Sydney, 11-12 December
  • Choo R 2007. Criminal exploitation of online systems by organised crime groups. Organised Crime in Asia: Governance and Accountability colloquium, Singapore 29 June
  • Homel P 2006. Who says crime prevention doesn't work? Invited lecture to the Board of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, Canberra, 12 September
  • Homel P 2006. Who says that crime prevention hasn't worked? International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) colloquium, Canberra, 14-15 September
  • Homel P 2007. The AIC/OCP collaboration to evaluate the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Partnerships (CSCP). WA Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council, Perth, 20 April
  • Homel P 2007. Design and implementation of the WA Community Safety and Crime Prevention Partnerships Evaluation. WA Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council, Perth, 30 March
  • Homel P 2007. The development of a model performance measurement framework for drug law enforcement in Australia. Conference of Commissioners of Police from Australasia and the South Western Pacific Region, Wellington NZ, 14 March
  • Homel P 2007. A framework for measuring the performance of drug law enforcement in Australia. Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy, Adelaide, 16 May
  • Irving R 2006. Clandestine Laboratory Remediation Project. 10th National Chemical Diversion Congress, Gold Coast, 19 October
  • Makkai T 2006. AIC overview. NZ Department of Justice senior officials, Wellington NZ, 7 December
  • Makkai T 2006. The Australian Institute of Criminology: Short overview of governance, research activity, future direction. NSW AG Executive Officers, 21 September
  • Makkai T 2006. The Australian Institute of Criminology: Short overview of governance, research activity, future direction. WA Police Executive, Perth 24 August
  • Makkai T 2006. The Australian Institute of Criminology: Who are we, why are we needed, how do we communicate? Canberra Burley Griffin Rotary Club, 19 October
  • Makkai T 2006. Book launch. Fighting Crime Together: Challenges of Policing and Security Networks Edited by Jenny Fleming & Jennifer Wood, Manuka (ACT), 1 December
  • Makkai T 2006. Evaluating the drug court: a long term partnership. WA courts administrators, Perth 23 August
  • Makkai T 2007. Faculty of Law graduation address. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 15 February
  • Makkai T 2007. Policy research at the Australian Institute of Criminology: anecdotes from the trenches. ACT Academy of Forensic Sciences, Canberra, 8 March
  • Makkai T 2007. Prisoner reintegration post-release. 16th UN Crime Commission meetings, Vienna, 24 April
  • Makkai T 2007. Research priorities and challenges at the AIC, UNODC, Vienna, 20 April
  • Makkai T & Fleming J (University of Tasmania) 2006. National survey on public awareness of Crime Stoppers: base line results. Crime Stoppers Australia: findings from the national survey, Wellington NZ, 6 December
  • Makkai T & Taylor N 2006. CCTV, Sexual assault and jury outcomes. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime 6th Annual Symposium, Communities in Action for Crime Prevention, Canberra 14 September
  • Marks T & Smith RG 2007. Future directions in annual fraud reporting. Fraud Liaison Forum, Canberra, 28 May
  • McCusker R 2006. Implementing an identity management programme for greater security and compliance. Secure IT conference, Singapore, 20 November
  • McCusker R 2006. Scanning the horizon. AVSEC (Aviation security) World 2006, money laundering. Sydney, 17-19 October
  • McCusker R 2006. Trafficking in persons. South African Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security Meeting, Canberra, 6 December
  • McCusker R 2006. Transnational crime and money laundering: Threats and mitigation. Global Anti-Money Laundering Intelligence, Singapore, 30-31 October
  • McCusker R 2006. Transnational and Economic Crime: A Growing Symbiosis. Australian Bankers' Association, Sydney, 24 October
  • McCusker R 2006. Transnational crime: Fraud and corruption. The Chartered Accountants National Business Valuation and Forensic Accounting conference, Sydney, 14-15 September
  • McCusker R 2007. Aviation security: Towards the holistic management of anticipated threats. Aviation Security 2007, Singapore, 29 January
  • McCusker R 2007. Anti-corruptions strategies. APEC workshop and APEC Anti-Corruption Taskforce, 22 January
  • McCusker R 2007. Combating fraud in all its forms for the benefit of government, business and the public. The Pacific region: evolution, implication and mitigation of transnational fraud, 8th Annual Pacific Fraud Summit, Sydney, 19-21 March
  • McCusker R 2007. Scenario planning and lateral thinking in the face of a terrorist incident, 5th Annual National Security Australia conference, Sydney, 27 February
  • Mouzos J 2007. Firearms in the criminal community in Australia: An overview, Defence Security Authority security intelligence conference, HMAS Harman, Canberra, 15 March
  • Mouzos J 2007. An overview of homicide in New South Wales and in Australia: Results from the 2005-2006 NHMP annual report NSW Homicide Squad Advisory Council meeting, NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta, 14 June
  • Muller D & Bryant C 2007. Human caused: reducing the impact of deliberately lit bushfires, lecture to ANU Forestry students, Canberra, 8 February
  • Muller D & Bryant C 2007. Incidence, distribution and cause of vegetation fires in Victoria, CFA Arson Investigation workshop, Ballarat 16-17 June
  • Muller D & Bryant C 2007 Understanding and preventing bushfire arson, CFA Arson Investigation workshop, Ballarat 16-17 June
  • Putt J 2006. Policing drugs in rural and remote communities. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime 6th Annual Symposium, Communities in Action for Crime Prevention, Canberra 14 September
  • Putt J 2006. Policing illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Crime in Rural Communities: The Impact, The Causes, The Prevention, Education Faculty, The University of New England, 30 November
  • Putt J 2006. Policing illicit drugs in remote communities. Family violence, drug and alcohol use in remote communities conference, Darwin, 18 August
  • Putt J 2007. CCTV, sexual assault and jury outcomes: an experimental study. International society for the reform of criminal law, Twenty years of criminal justice reform: past achievements and future challenges conference, Vancouver (Canada), 22-26 June
  • Smith L 2006. Amphetamine type stimulant (ATS) use and violent crime: exploring the link amongst a sample of police detainees in Australia. Australasian Amphetamines Conference, Sydney, 28-29 September
  • Smith RG 2006. Preventing identity-related crime: 100 points, biometrics or identity cards? AFP management of serious crime program (MOSC-38) Identity Crime: Traditional Crime - New Technology conference, Canberra, 7 July 2006
  • Smith RG 2007. Swindles, scams and stings: what do we know? National consumer congress 2007: the changing environment of consumer policy, Melbourne, 14 March
  • Taylor N 2006. CCTV, sexual assault and jury outcomes: an experimental study. UNODC, Vienna, 27 November
  • Taylor N 2006. Investigating jury decision making in sexual assault trials: An experimental study. ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, Sydney, 10-13 December
  • Tresidder J 2006. Needs and challenges in providing community-based crime prevention services for 'at risk' youth. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime 6th Annual Symposium, Communities in Action for Crime Prevention, Canberra 14 September.

Appendix 4 : AIC seminars

DateSeminar
10 July 2006Suspension, revocation and recall of conditional release: proposed survey to identify trends and best practices. RE Brown, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, Canada
18 September 2006Effective technical assistance in crime prevention and criminal justice: what are the key components? Margaret Shaw, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
11 December 2006A profile of missing persons in New South Wales. Shaunagh Foy, PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University
30 January 2007An overview of the Comprehensive Auto-theft Research System (CARS) vehicle theft research. Paul Thomas, Acting Director, Office of Crime Statistics and Director, National CARS Project
11 April 2007Therapeutic and criminal justice approaches to providing HIV/AIDS services to injecting drug users, prisoners and human trafficking victims. Paul Williams, HIV/AIDS Unit, UNODC
9 May 2007Why it is so hard for research to inform the policy process and government decision making? Scott Prasser, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business, University of Sunshine Coast

Appendix 5 : Submissions

DateSubmission
November 2006Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Older people and the law
February 2007Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission. Inquiry into the future impact of serious organised crime on Australian society
March 2007House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Human Services. Inquiry on the impact of illicit drug use on families
June 2007Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. Inquiry into policing in Indigenous communities

Appendix 6 : Publications referees

The AIC thanks the following people for their services as referees for AIC publications released during the year:
Anna Alvazzi del FrateDavid BilesEmma Black
Carlos CarcachNic ChantlerAndrew Clark
David CollinsMargaret CunneenAndrew Day
Louisa DegenhardtRob D'OvidioBruce Flaherty
Jenny FlemingJeremy GansAndrew Goldsmith
Vanessa GoodwinPeter GraboskyWayne Hall
John HandmerHennessey HayesSheryl Hemphill
Craig JonesDerek JoryJames LeBeau
Pat MayhewPaul MazerolleRebecca McKetin
Frank MorganTim PrenzlerStuart Ross
Amanda RoxburghJohn SaundersJulie Stubbs
Jeromey TempleTess WalshDon Weatherburn
Paul WilliamsPaul WilsonOtto Wirgau
Joy Wundersitz

AIC staff and other Australian Government organisations also provided comments on AIC publications, including:

Attorney-General's Department

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australian Customs Service Australian Federal Police

Australian High Tech Crime Centre

CrimTrac

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Office for Women

Appendix 7: Staffing Summary

Aggregate staffing statistics for the financial year are shown below

Breakdown of the 55 staff as at 30 June 2007 by salary, gender and tenure
Classification and salary rangeGenderTypeTenureBasis
MaleFemaleTotal staffECAAWAOngoingNon-ongoingFull timePart timeCasual
a includes Director - statutory appointment (Renumeration Tribunal)
Research assistant/Administrative officer ($35,000-$55,000)%29504258373545396767
(n)(6)(17)(23)(7)(16)(6)(17)(19)(2)(2)
Research analyst/Senior administrative officer ($55,001-$90,000)%5732424242354545330
(n)(12)(11)(23)(5)(18)(6)(17)(22)(1)(0)
Senior research analyst/Executive officer ($90,001-$100,000)%10121101424510033
(n)(2)(4)(6)(0)(6)(4)(2)(5)(0)(1)
Senior executive officer (>$100,000a)%5650765600
(n)(1)(2)(3)(0)(3)(1)(2)(3)(0)(0)
Row %3862100227831698955
(Total n)(21)(34)(55)(12)(43)(17)(38)(49)(3)(3)

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