AIC 2022 on CriminologyTV

Twenty-seven presentations from the AIC 2022 conference are now available on CriminologyTV, the AIC’s YouTube channel.

Australian and international researchers and practitioners presented their findings and insights on a wide range of crime and justice topics.

Presentation subjects include sexual, domestic and family violence, CSAM, cybercrime, Indigenous justice, serious and organised crime, and youth justice.

Australia records the second lowest homicide incident rate since 1989–90

Today the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released new statistics on homicide in Australia. Homicide in Australia 2020–21 describes the 210 homicide incidents recorded by Australian state and territory police between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021. During this 12-month period there were 221 victims of homicide and 263 identified offenders.

AIC Deputy Director Dr Rick Brown said that since 1989–90, the homicide incident rate in Australia has declined overall by 55%.