NCJ Number
187843
Date Published
March 2001
Length
79 pages
Annotation
This is a compendium of the most recent national information on crime in Australia.
Abstract
Australia participates in the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS). The ICVS is a fully standardized survey conducted in a number of countries around the world that facilitates international comparisons of crime victimization and attitudes toward crime and the criminal justice system. The Australian component of the ICVS was conducted in March 2000. It collected data about victimization for household offenses (break and enter, motor vehicle theft, motor vehicle damage, and theft from motor vehicle) and personal offenses (robbery, assault, sexual offenses, and theft from the person). The most commonly mentioned personal crimes were assault and theft from the person. Persons most at risk from these two types of offenses included young people, never married persons, students, and those who regularly go out in the evening for the purposes of entertainment. The most common household crime was motor vehicle damage, followed by residential burglary, with 9 percent and 7 percent of households, respectively, victimized at least once. One in three persons (households) experienced an incident of personal (household) crime in 1999. The report includes data on volume of crime, recorded crime, selected crime profiles, criminal courts, corrections, criminal justice resources, and drug offenses. Tables, figures, references