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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Prisons

Prisoners sentenced for violent, property and other offences, percentage of total prisoners, 1986-2002
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994-2002, Prisoners in Australia (various issues), cat. no. 4517.0, ABS, Canberra.
  • Australian Institute of Criminology, 1982-1993, Australian prisoners, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.

What this chart shows

  • The percentage of prisoners sentenced for violent offences increased from 38% in 1986 to 47% in 1995 and remained steady thereafter.
  • Those sentenced for property offences declined from 25% in 1986 to 20% in 1994, a percentage that has since remained steady.
  • The percentage for other offences has decreased slightly from 36% in 1986 to 33% in 2002.

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