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Foreword | This seminal study, which was funded by the Criminology Research Council, is the first reported study to use jurors in real trials to gauge public opinion about sentences and sentencing. Using jurors is a way of investigating the views of members of the public who are as fully informed of the facts of the case and the background of the offender as the judge. Based upon jurors’ responses from 138 trials, the study found that more than half of the jurors surveyed suggested a more lenient sentence than the trial judge imposed.

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Proceedings of a conference held 17-19 July 1989

Contents

• Delinquency prevention: individual control or social development?
  Robert Semmens
• The Youth and the Law Project: community crime prevention in action
  Youth and staff from the Youth and the Law Project
• Three years of youth participation in the community
  John Engel
• Child abuse - no way!
  Axelle Moutia
• The entertainment group forum project
  Youth and the Law Project
• How young people see school: this is no ship of fools
  Roger Slee

In a crime prevention context, mentoring is often directed towards young people already involved in the criminal justice system or 'at-risk' of engaging in criminal activity. Such programs are targeted secondary prevention as opposed to universal prevention within either multi-component or stand-alone programs. Current prevention literature on developmental pathways identifies risk and protective factors that are associated with young people engaging in risk-taking behaviour (see CRM no. 4).

Prepared by the Northern Institute at Charles Darwin University and the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Recent studies and surveys have identified that financially motivated technology enabled crime cases are of considerable concern to business and industry. A survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (2006) on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry reported that information security breaches cost UK companies across several industry sectors 10 billion per annum. The independent 2006 AusCERT (2006) survey also raises similar concerns.

Acknowledgment

Nominations are now open for the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards. These awards recognise and reward good practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia.

A comparison of the costs and benefits of similar crime prevention programs will not necessarily show that one program is better than another. For example, one program may produce a net benefit for one group, while another will benefit a different group. In addition, resources are often spread across a number of programs intended to generate overall crime prevention benefits for a variety of groups. In order to produce the best "mix" of programs, a practical decision-making framework is required.

A report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology for the ACT Chief Minister's Department.

Note: Includes Review of current literature on youth crime prevention prepared by Wendy Taylor (ACT Chief Minister's Department)

'This volume is important beyond the boundaries of Australia. Dr Mukherjee has performed a research coup in being able to pull together the criminal statistical data from all over the country and to provide a model for time-series analysis. The data are rich, the statistical presentation clear, the temporal scope from 1900 to 1976 unusual and fascinating to scholars, legislators, and all others involved in criminal justice.'