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Extraction of data and preparation of text: Vanessa Brewster and Alexander Cook.

Note
Because of rounding, some percentages may not sum to 100.

Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Georgina Fuller.

Note
Minor revisions are occasionally made to publications after release. The online version available on the AIC website will include any revisions made since printing.
 

Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Georgina Fuller.

Notes
Because of rounding, some percentages may not sum to 100.
Minor revisions are occasionally made to publications after release. The online version available on the AIC website will include any revisions made since printing.

Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Georgina Fuller.

Notes
Because of rounding, some percentages may not sum to 100.
Minor revisions are occasionally made to publications after release. The online version available on the AIC website will include any revisions made since printing.

Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Simon Ng.

Notes
Because of rounding, some percentages may not sum to 100.
Minor revisions are occasionally made to publications after release. The online version available on the AIC website will include any revisions made since printing.

Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Willow Bryant.

Notes
Because of rounding, some percentages may not sum to 100.
Minor revisions are occasionally made to publications after release. The online version available on the AIC website will include any revisions made since printing.

A national farm crime survey in 2003 found that 17 percent of farms experienced farm crime at least once in the previous 12 months (Anderson & McCall 2005). From the sample who replied, farm crime was estimated to cost the Australian economy at least $70 million annually. Highly accessible farms close to regional or urban centres were more likely to experience theft of farm machinery, vehicles or tools, or burglary, whereas very remote farms experienced the highest levels of livestock theft, illegal hunting and fishing, theft of materials, and illegal dumping of waste.

From time to time public pressure arises for a public sex offender register similar to those in parts of the USA. The Australian National Child Offender Register (ANCOR) allows police to share information between jurisdictions on convicted offenders, but currently there are no publicly accessible registries. The best known US measure, Megan's Law, aims to promote public and community safety through heightened public awareness of the location of sex offenders (Fitch 2006).

AICrime reduction matters no. 22 discussed the complex nature of the association between drug use and involvement in crime. It also highlighted the role of efforts to divert drug users from further crime involvement.

Like any Australians, older people are concerned about their safety. Australia's older population is growing rapidly, with one-quarter of the population projected to be over 65 years by the middle of the century. However, while it is a fact that older people are less at risk of criminal victimisation than other age groups, they tend to have a higher fear of crime than the general population.

Males are more likely to be victims of robbery in every age group and overall are three times more likely to be a robbery victim than females. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) annual publication Recorded crime, victims, Australia presents statistics on incidents of victimisation for a selected range of offences recorded by police over the preceding year. Robbery includes armed and unarmed robbery and includes the use, or threatened use of force or violence.

A recent report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (Schloenhardt 2007) examined the market for amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in Oceania, and included information about the manufacture of ATS and related drugs in clandestine laboratories. The figure below shows data from the report on the detection of clandestine drug laboratories. The number of laboratories detected each financial year over the period 1996-2006 increased almost seven-fold, from 58 in 1996-97 to 390 in 2005-06.

A recent research paper highlights the steady increase in assaults against young Australians recorded by police (Bricknell 2008). National health data also show that the incidence of assault-related injuries to young Australians that result in hospitalisation continues to increase (AIHW 2008). The assault hospitalisation rate (the number of hospitalisations due to assault per 100,000 young people - those aged between 12 and 24 years) increased by 27 percent between 1996-97 and 2005-06. The increase for males (29%) was far greater than that for females (19%).