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Graffiti refers to the act of marking property with writing, symbols or graphics and is illegal when produced without consent (White 2001). Types of graffiti include tagging, large and elaborate 'pieces', political graffiti and urban art (the only legal form of graffiti). Each type has distinctive features and motives for creation can include peer status, notoriety and political protest.

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

Contents

About the editor

List of contributors

Introduction

1. Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest
Don Weatherburn, Michael Doyle, Tegan Weatherall and Joanna Wang

2. Prevalence of recorded family and domestic violence offending: A birth cohort study
Jason Payne and Anthony Morgan

Drug courts first began in Australia in 1999. The aim of drug courts is to divert drug dependent offenders from the criminal justice system and into treatment. Their establishment represents a significant move towards a therapeutic model of offender management - shifting the focus from offenders and their actions to the problems and potential causes of their behaviour.

There has been considerable growth in the use of closed circuit television (CCTV) in public spaces as a crime prevention measure and, increasingly, as a tool to detect and identify offenders. In Australia, CCTV systems have become an increasingly common fixture in urban centres, in shopping centres and malls, individual shops and banks, on public transport and in car parks.