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Undertaking research is the core function of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). The AIC conducts research on a range of crime and justice issues to provide timely, policy-relevant research to the Australian Government and other key stakeholders.

The research priorities for the AIC are set annually by the Director, in consultation with the Criminology Research Advisory Council. In 2025-26 the research priorities are:

Joint release by the Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS), Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), and the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

With about seventy women killed by their partners or ex-partners each year, killing an intimate partner is the most common form of homicide in Australia.

Alarmingly, 2020 may well see that number rise, as self-isolation measures designed to contain COVID-19 are likely to exacerbate abuse and violence against women and their children.

Joint release by The Australian National University (ANU) and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).

Vendors on the dark web are selling Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and drugs marketed as coronavirus vaccines or cures at high cost, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).  

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Introduction
  • Methods
• Incidents of theft and stolen firearms
  • Number of incidents
  • Number of stolen firearms
  • Single and multiple firearm thefts
  • Firearm type
  • Firearm category
  • Registration status
• Characteristics of theft incidents
  • Location
  • Remoteness
  • Type of offence
  • Theft of other items
  • Method of entry and access
  • Firearm security
  • Recovery of firearms