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In 2000 the Northern Territory recorded its lowest homicide victimisation rate (3.06 per 100,000 people) since 1989. A Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice paper, "Homicide in Australia 1999-2000" provides a statistical snapshot of police recorded homicides in the last year, as well as information on trends over the last 11 years and jurisdictional comparisons. Trends show that the homicide rate for Australia has stayed remarkably constant. The highest rate recorded over the last 11 years was 2 per 100,000 and the lowest rate was 1.7 per 100,000.

A report released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, "Solvability Factors of Homicide in Australia: An Exploratory Analysis", has identified some of the main differences between solved and unsolved homicides.

Figures released by the Australian Institute of Criminology show the risk of being a victim of consumer fraud is much lower for older Australians than it is for the population as a whole. Those aged 65 years and over are less than half as likely to be victims of consumer fraud compared to people aged 16 to 64. Data from the Australian Crime Victims Survey found that nine per cent of persons aged 16 to 64 were the victims of consumer fraud compared to four per cent of people aged over 65.

A report released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, "Robbery Against Service Stations and Pharmacies: Recent Trends" has identified service stations as being at increasing risk of robbery compared with other commercial targets. Based on ABS data, it was found that robberies against service stations increased by 214 per cent between 1993 and 2000, compared with 65 per cent for pharmacies and 37 per cent for banks.

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The Australian Institute of Criminology's podcast series. In this series, we want to share with you some of the latest research on a range of contemporary crime and justice issues affecting Australia. We'll talk about some of the research we’re doing at the Institute, but also explore some of the research we’re funding our academic partners to undertake in universities across Australia. Subscribe on your favourite podcasting platform, episode 1 goes live 18 February 2021: https://crimpod.buzzsprout.com/.

Our YouTube channel, CriminologyTV has a range of videos by specialists on issues such as consumer fraud, the needs of victims of crime, juvenile justice and deaths in custody. It also includes keynote presentations from a range of AIC conferences. The most recent videos are below or to see all of our videos go to Criminology TV.

Introducing the Australian Institute of Criminology’s brand-new podcast series, CrimPod. You can now listen to the latest AIC research on a range of contemporary crime and justice issues affecting Australia.

Podcasts have become increasingly popular and the launch of CrimPod is a welcome addition to sit alongside AIC’s schedule of publications, seminars and popular YouTube channel—CriminologyTV.

Proceedings of a seminar held 2-3 August 1984

Contents

Plenary session : Thursday 2 August

• Opening remarks
  
  Professor Richard W. Harding
• Opening address
  
  The Honourable Peter T. Anderson
• Community policing in Japan and Singapore
  
  Professor David H. Bayley
• Community policing in New Zealand
  
  Superintendent James Morgan
• Police community involvement: a planned approach to effective crime prevention
  
  Inspector David J. Smith

Plenary session : Friday 3 August

Proceedings of a seminar held 29 April to 2 May 1985

Contents

• Preamble
• Opening address
  
  Professor Richard Harding
• Workshop introduction
  
  Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

I. The community

• Health and crime in black Australia
  
  Shane Houston
• Self determination: implications for criminal justice policy makers
  
  Roberta B. Sykes
• Aboriginal legal service: a problem of representation
  
  Craig Somerville
• The relevance of imprisonment
  
  Patricia Lowe