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The Australian Institute of Criminology's Australian crime: facts and figures 2003 publication is a compilation of the most recently available national information on crime in Australia. The publication covers different types of recorded crime such as homicide, assault, robbery, unlawful entry with intent and motor vehicle theft. Motor vehicle theft is the taking of a motor vehicle unlawfully or without permission. There were 113,389 motor vehicles reported to police as stolen in 2002, with 884 vehicles stolen per 100,000 registered cars.

Older people in Australia have lower crime victimisation rates than the population as a whole according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, "The Victimisation of Older Australians". Generally, personal offence victimisation rates remain the lowest for those aged 65 years and older. The rate of assault for people aged over 65 is 1.8 per 100 persons; this compares to a rate of 7.8 per 100 persons in the general population. Rates of robbery, theft from a person, break and enter, vehicle theft and consumer fraud were also lower for older people.

A report released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, "Firearms Theft in Australia", shows that 25,171 firearms were reported to police as stolen in Australia between 1994 and 2000. This equates to an average of 4,195 firearms stolen per year, or 12 firearms stolen per day. Rifles are the most common type of firearm stolen in Australia, accounting for 52 per cent of all thefts, followed by shotguns (21%) and handguns (14%). "Other firearms" account for 10 per cent of thefts (this category includes cases where the type of firearm was not included in the police report).

A report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology for the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Edited proceedings of a seminar held in Canberra in June 1977

Contents

• Foreword
• Tables
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Summary of recommendations

Armed robbery in Australia

• Armed robbery in Australia - its nature and extent
  Paul Delianis
• Armed robbery in New South Wales and Victoria, 1975 and 1976
  AJ Sutton

Research

• Research priorities in operational planning against armed holdups
  KL Milte & SI Miller
• Comment
  RA McAulay

Report on the symposium held in Perth, 18 November 1978

Contents

• Introduction
• Crime, criminal policy and society
• Crime and punishment
• Research for criminal justice policy
• Training and the development of criminal justice policy
• Discussion
• Conclusions

Contents

• Participants
• Introduction

Part I

• Opening ceremony
• Opening address
  
  W. Clifford

Summaries of plenary sessions

• Agenda item I - Trends and problems
• Agenda item II - Alternatives to imprisonment and effects on prison management
• Agenda item III - Management services
• Agenda item IV - Sixth U.N. Congress - Implications for Asia and the Pacific
• Conclusions and resolutions

Part II. Papers by participating delegations

Australia

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is committed to protecting children and young people from the risk of harm or abuse. Several elements of our work directly support providing a safe environment for children in Australia.