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The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new paper on ransomware targeting individuals and small businesses based on a survey of 331 Australian individuals and small to medium enterprise owners who were victims of ransomware.
The AIC has released new research by Griffith University and the Northern Territory Department of Corrections on the relationship between childhood sexual abuse victimisation and subsequent adolescent offending.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released a report detailing the extent of illicit drug and alcohol involvement in crime.
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data collection and reference period
- Definitions and counting rules
- Reports of modern slavery in Australia
- Exploitation type and industry
- Assessment and investigation
- Exploitation type of reports investigated
- Suspected victim-survivors
- Suspected perpetrators
- Victim-survivors receiving assistance through the Support for Trafficked People Program
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data collection and reference period
- Definitions and counting rules
- Changes from previous report
- Reports of modern slavery in Australia
- Exploitation type and industry
- Assessment and investigation
- Exploitation type of reports investigated
- Suspected victim-survivors
- Suspected perpetrators
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Definition of a death in custody
- Data collection
- Scope
- Presentation of data
- Considerations
- Changes from previous report
- Deaths in custody 2024–25
- Deaths in prison custody
- Deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
- Indigenous deaths in custody 2024–25
- Indigenous deaths in prison custody
A new report has revealed that for the 2024-2025 financial year, the Australian Federal Police received 371 reports of alleged modern slavery.
Modern slavery is when someone is forced to work, marry or do other things through coercion (like manipulation, control or violence), threats or lies.
These are the latest figures from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report Modern slavery in Australia 2024-25.
In 2024–25, 33 of the 113 deaths in custody were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979–80.
The Australian Institute of Criminology will be hosting the AIC 2026 Conference on 17-18 March 2026. The theme of this year’s conference will be Transnational Serious and Organised Crime (TSOC) and the aim of the event is to present the latest research on TSOC and how this can be applied to policy and practice.
The draft program is now available.
The National Hate Crimes Database has been developed to track hate crimes and other hate incidents on behalf of the Australian Government.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today announced important new funding that will support Australian academics to undertake cutting-edge crime and justice research.