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Violence, crime and Australian society
- Violence today, no. 1
- ISBN 0 642 14303 X ; ISSN 1032-7894
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, February 1989
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Abstract
A high level of public concern is being expressed in Australia about the state of violent crime. While acknowledging that much of this concern is justified, and that there is a troubling and deep seated problem of violence in Australian society, Chappell attempts to provide a balanced appraisal of the nature and scope of the problem. He also considers some of the strategies which might be used to minimise and reduce violence. (Abridged, updated version of the South Australian Justice Administration Foundation Oration presented at the South Australian Police Academy, Fort Largs on 13 July 1988)
