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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Recorded crime - victims annual publication, the rate of reported sexual assault has increased in the period 1993-2003. In 1993 the rate was 69 recorded victims of sexual assault per 100,000 population; by 2003 the rate had steadily climbed to 92 reported victims per 100,000 persons. This increase does not necessarily reflect an increase in the prevalence of sexual assault, but is likely to be influenced by an increase in reporting incidents to police.

The inaugural annual report of the National Armed Robbery Monitoring program (NARMP) has been released. This program was established to identify and monitor trends in armed robbery, especially trends in weapon use, following the recommendation of the Australasian Police Ministers' Council. Police services in all Australian states and territories provide information about reported armed robbery victims, the offenders who robbed them, and other aspects of the attack, such as location.

The Victorian Parliamentary Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee (2005) has recently examined the problem of violence associated with motor vehicle use. Statistics on road user violence obtained from Victoria Police were examined for the period 1 July 2002 to 31 May 2004. Road user violence was defined as 'a violent offence committed by strangers based on their behaviour as drivers, cyclists or pedestrians'. The committee found that the number of recorded incidents has remained relatively stable over this period, varying between 50 and 90 incidents in any given month.

The National deaths in custody program (NDCIP) has been responsible for monitoring the extent and nature of deaths in police, prison and juvenile custody since 1980. The 2003 NDCIP annual report shows there were 68 deaths in custody in 2003, a decline from 85 in 2002. The number of deaths in police custody decreased from 33 in 2002 to 29 in 2003, and the number of deaths in prison custody also declined from 50 deaths in 2002 to 39 deaths in 2003.

The criminal justice system

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).

'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.'

Proceedings of a seminar held 12-14 June 1984

Contents

Introduction

I: Addresses

• Women in the prison system
  
  Professor Richard Harding
• A statement on the issues - United States view
  
  Dr Clarice Feinman
• Women prisoners in Victoria
  
  The Honourable Pauline Toner

II: Statistical accounts

• An Australian perspective - women in corrections
  
  Mr David Biles
• Trends of women's imprisonment
  
  Dr Satyanshu K. Mukherjee

Proceedings of a seminar held 24-27 June 1985

Contents

• Editors' preface
• Welcoming address
  
  David Biles
• Opening address
  
  Neville J. Harper
• Nature and extent of burglary in Australia
  
  Satyanshu K. Mukherjee
• Break and enter offenders in South Australia
  
  Ian Crettenden
• Break and enter offences in South Australia: a police perspective
  
  F.A. Richardson and A. French
• Breaking and entering: the plague of modern society
  
  K.G. Barlow

Proceedings of an international course in crime prevention planning held at the Australian Institute of Criminology from 17 May to 15 June 1979

Contents

• Foreword
• The contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
  W. Clifford
• Criminology and planning
  W. Clifford
• National planning and criminal justice services
  W. Clifford
• Planning within the criminal justice services
  W. Clifford
• Methods and techniques for crime prevention planning
  W. Clifford
• Economic problems of crime prevention

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Abstract
• Summary
  • Victimisation
  • Victim characteristics
  • Help-seeking
  • Impact of victimisation
• Introduction
  • Method
• Victimisation
  • Online abuse and harassment
  • Malware
  • Identity crime and misuse
  • Fraud and scams
  • Poly-victimisation
• Victim characteristics
  • Sociodemographic characteristics
  • Education and employment

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Data collection
  • Definitions
  • Data items and coding
  • Counting rules
  • Limitations
• Sexual offenders
  • Sex and age
  • Indigenous status
  • Number of incidents and victims
  • Offender–victim relationship
  • Offenders with child sexual offences
  • Offenders with non-child sexual offences
  • Location of offending
  • Number and type of proceedings

New data from the Australian Sexual Offence Statistical (ASOS) collection shows the sexual offender rate was 42.61 per 100,000 relevant population, compared with 40.11 in 2021–22.