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Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
Bail practices and policy alternatives in Australia
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
Social isolation, time spent at home, financial stress and domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
How and why vendors sell on cryptomarkets
Annual Report
Annual Report 2019-2020
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
Enhancing evidence-based treatment of child sexual abuse material offenders: The development of the CEM-COPE Program
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice
The price elasticity of demand for illicit drugs: A systematic review
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Drug use monitoring in Australia: Drug use among police detainees, 2019
23-09-2020
In 2019, 78 percent (n=676) of detainees tested positive to at least one type of drug, and 44 percent (n=382) tested positive to more than one drug type. Methamphetamine had the highest test positive rate of any drug (51%, n=444), and was also…
Identity crime and misuse in Australia, 2019
27-08-2020
The estimated cost of identity crime in Australia in 2018–19 (including direct and indirect costs) was $3.1b—17 percent more than in 2015–16.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released three new statistical…
Shining a light on the shadow pandemic - New report reveals high rate of domestic violence experienced by Australian women during COVID-19
13-07-2020
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) today released a Statistical Bulletin which reveals the high rate of domestic violence experienced by women during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The AIC surveyed 15,000 women aged 18…
Statistics
Statistics from three long-term monitoring programs—the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program, National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) and the National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) as well as Identity Crime and Misuse.
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