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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

Prisoners

Age and gender of prisoners, rate per 100,000 adults, 2001
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Sources:

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories, cat. no. 3201.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Prisoners in Australia, cat. no. 4517.0.

What this chart shows

  • Ninety-three per cent of all prisoners were male.
  • Sixty-four per cent of all prisoners were aged less than 35 years.
  • For both males and females, 18-34-year-olds had the highest imprisonment rates in 2001.

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