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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures,2009

NCJ Number
230330
Date Published
2010
Length
140 pages
Annotation
This reference guide provides statistics on crime and criminal justice patterns in Australia.
Abstract
This quick reference guide summarizes trends in crime and criminal justice in Australia. It includes information on different categories of crime, location, victim, and offender details, and the response of the criminal justice system to help enhance understanding of the trends and patterns influencing crime and criminal justice in Australia. This issue includes national data on offenders derived from the first Australian Bureau of Statistics release on offenders. Tables, figures, and references (Published Abstract)