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The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a Statistical Bulletin on the availability and purchase of digital firearms products among online Australians.

Contents

• Foreword
• Contents
• Introduction
• Using the atlas
• New South Wales
  • Main features of crime maps
  • Maps 1-23
• Victoria
  • Main features of crime maps
  • Maps 24-41
• Queensland
  • Main features of crime maps
  • Maps 42-64
• South Australia
  • Main features of crime maps
  • Maps 65-87
• Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory
  • Main features of crime maps
  • Maps 111-112

Canberra, 14-17 August 1974

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Papers of the seminar

• The conflict of security and rehabilitation in the 1970s
  Harold G. Weir
• What is the role of the prison officer?
  F.J. Cassidy
• Some radical attitudes to law and order
  Mary W. Daunton-Fear
• Remand centres - a look into the future
  David Biles
• Role conflict in the prison welfare services
  P.J. Lynn
• Management plan for corrective services penal reform
  W.R. McGeechan

Appendix I

• Report on the seminar

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Bail history
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Northern Territory
  • Summary of bail amendments
• Driving factors for bail refusal
  • Bail reform
  • Bail considerations
  • Policing practices
• Discussion

A new study by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows a shift towards harsher bail laws in Australia, which have led to more defendants being remanded in custody. These bail laws disproportionately impact First Nations people.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
  • Definition of homicide
  • Data collection
  • Reference period
• Homicide incidents
  • Incident clearance rates
  • Most serious charge
  • Single and multiple victim/offender homicides
  • Homicide classification
  • Location of homicide incidents
  • Weapon use
• Victims of homicide
  • Victimisation rate
  • Sex
  • Child and adult victims
  • Place of birth
  • Indigenous status

Australia recorded 279 homicide victims between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025. Published today, the Australian Institute of Criminology’s (AIC) Homicide in Australia 2024–25 report provides an overview of national homicide trends and emerging patterns in offending and victimisation.

New research shows widespread concern about crimes enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), with Australians most worried about AI tracking their location, accessing their devices or accounts, and impersonating or deceiving them in ways that could cause financial loss, embarrassment or harm.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Terminology
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Literature review
  • Social determinants of incarceration
  • Systemic bias
  • Conclusion
• Research design and methodology
  • Research aims
  • The choice for qualitative research
  • The active involvement of Indigenous people with lived experience
  • Methodology
  • Western Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released two reports describing the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with the criminal legal system.

New research from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) explores how and why men choose to stop engaging with online misogynistic incel communities, and how this affected their attitudes towards gendered violence.