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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Prisons

Age and gender of prisoners, rate per 100,000 adults, 2002
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Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Population by age and sex : Australian states and territories 1997 to 2002, cat. no. 3201.0, ABS, Canberra.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics 1994-2002, Prisoners in Australia (various issues), cat. no. 4517.0, ABS, Canberra.

What this chart shows

  • 93 per cent of all prisoners in 2002 were male.
  • 64 per cent of all prisoners were under 35 years of age.
  • For both males and females, 25 to 34 year olds had the highest imprisonment rates in 2002.
  • The overall imprisonment rate for males was 282 per 100,000 adult male population and for females it was 19 per 100,000 adult female population.

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