A new study by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows a shift towards harsher bail laws in Australia, which have led to more defendants being remanded in custody. These bail laws disproportionately impact First Nations people.
The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a Statistical Bulletin on the availability and purchase of digital firearms products among online Australians.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today announced important new funding that will support Australian academics to undertake cutting-edge crime and justice research.
The National Hate Crimes Database has been developed to track hate crimes and other hate incidents on behalf of the Australian Government.
The Australian Institute of Criminology will be hosting the AIC 2026 Conference on 17-18 March 2026. The theme of this year’s conference will be Transnational Serious and Organised Crime (TSOC) and the aim of the event is to present the latest research on TSOC and how this can be applied to policy and practice.
The draft program is now available.
In 2024–25, 33 of the 113 deaths in custody were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979–80.
A new report has revealed that for the 2024-2025 financial year, the Australian Federal Police received 371 reports of alleged modern slavery.
Modern slavery is when someone is forced to work, marry or do other things through coercion (like manipulation, control or violence), threats or lies.
These are the latest figures from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report Modern slavery in Australia 2024-25.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) today has released a new study that examines the relationship between pornography use and sexual violence in Australian men.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released a report detailing the extent of illicit drug and alcohol involvement in crime.
The AIC has released new research by Griffith University and the Northern Territory Department of Corrections on the relationship between childhood sexual abuse victimisation and subsequent adolescent offending.