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Acknowledgements
Extraction of data and preparation of text: Bree Cook.
Supervision and review: Satyanshu Mukherjee.

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

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).

Improving the quality of programs to prevent youth crime is important to enhance outcomes for children and adolescents, to increase community perceptions of safety, and reduce crime. Diversion and community corrections programs are one form of early intervention designed to protect young offenders from the negative effects of incarceration, and to reduce stigma and negative peer influence. However, only high-quality programs will produce the best results.

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Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance systems are an increasingly common crime prevention initiative in Australia. A recent study reported that CCTV systems were in operation in 33 major urban centres in every state and territory, except the NT.

CCTV will often be used around public space in urban centres and on public housing estates; in retail malls, individual shops and banks (particularly around Automatic Teller Machines); on public transport (including stations, trains, buses and taxis); and in car parks.

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Contents

Acronyms
2023–24 at a glance
Director's review

Part 1: Overview

Minister, portfolio and director
Purpose and role
Functions
Outcomes
Organisational structure

Part 2: Our performance

Annual performance statements
Performance against criteria

Children are responsible for nearly three quarters of deliberately lit fires. There are two basic groups of child firesetters - those who are curious about fire and those who light fires with deliberate intent. Curiosity firesetters are typically quite young (five to ten years old) and usually have no criminal intent. On the other hand, the reasons older children light fires are usually to do with aggression, vandalism, antisocial behaviour, sensation or attention seeking, or in response to social skills deficits.

The majority of Australian prisoners will one day return to the community as only four per cent of sentenced prisoners are serving "life" sentences. A paper recently released by the Australian Institute of Criminology examines various issues linked to the provision of post-release services to prisoners. The paper draws on both international literature and a roundtable discussion held at the Australian Institute of Criminology.

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released the Cybercrime in Australia 2024 Statistical Report. This latest report outlines the results from the second annual Australian Cybercrime Survey, which is the largest regular survey of the Australian community about different forms of cybercrime and provides important data on cybercrime victimisation, help-seeking and harms among Australian computer users.

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) have exposed the impact and scale of serious and organised crime in Australia.

Issue 14 of the BushFIRE arson bulletin focused on a new report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the UK (Palmer, Caulfield & Hollin 2005) examining interventions used with arsonists and young firesetters. This issue looks at the types of interventions discussed in the report. Palmer et al. identified two basic approaches used in intervention programs: educational and psychosocial.

Today the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) released research exploring the support needs of victim-survivors of sexual exploitation in Australia, and the barriers that exist to support them. The report, undertaken in collaboration with Australian Red Cross and Project Respect, highlights the need for flexible and responsive service delivery to address the complex and varied needs of victim-survivors.

The following new titles have been added to the growing collection of arson-related literature that can be found in the searchable bibliographic database. In addition to these titles, the database provides access to major bushfire arson news articles.

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Contents

Letter of transmittal
Guide to the report
Acronyms
2022–23 at a glance
Director's review

Section 01: Overview

Introduction
Organisational structure