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Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Findings: Knowledge and use of biometrics
• Findings: Privacy, ethics and data sharing
• The future of biometric technologies
• Conclusion
• References

Prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.

The report is designed as follows:

Year in review

The Director (Chief Executive) reviews the significant issues and achievements for the year, provides a snapshot of performance and highlights expected developments for the coming year.

Agency overview

This section describes the role and functions of the AIC and shows the organisational structure, with brief descriptions of each team. It also includes the AIC’s outcome and project objective statement.

This paper is taken from the report of research undertaken with the assistance of a grant from the Criminology Research Council.

Foreword| When on 5 January 1975 the coastal steamer Lake Illawarra collided with the Tasman Bridge, a crisis resulted which was quite unlike those due to fire, pestilence or famine in which there is considerable loss of life and devastation. In this case a city was suddenly cut in two and the resulting disorganisation was due to the destruction of the only direct means of communication between the two halves of the city, and a complete disruption of personal, community and occupational life.

Proceedings of a conference held 12-14 May 1992

Contents

• Welcome address
  Professor Duncan Chappell
• Characteristics of homicide in Australia 1990-91
  Heather Strang
• Preventing homicide through trial and error
  Lawrence W. Sherman
• A scenario of masculine violence: confrontational homicide
  Kenneth Polk
• Hot spots for violence: the environment of pubs and clubs
  Professor Ross Homel and Dr Steve Tomsen
• Homicide: the Northern Territory perspective
  William L. Goedegebuure

Fraud and internet crime are recognised as important issues for governments and private businesses worldwide. An area of growing concern is the impact of criminal activity on householders who use the internet. Householders use the internet at home for various purposes including work, education, leisure, communication, accessing government services and managing the household. The internet provides the means to perform a variety of specific tasks such as:

Project Vigilance today received a silver award in the police-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

Purpose

This policy sets out how personal information held by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is managed and protected in compliance with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles.

This policy sets out how we collect, use, disclose and store personal information, including sensitive information, and how you may access and correct personal information that we hold.