NCJ Number
162515
Journal
Criminology Australia Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Dated: (Autumn 1996) Pages: 15-18
Date Published
1996
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article contains information on the level of victimization for certain selected personal and household offenses in Australia, April 1993.
Abstract
The tables in this article present information on the risk of being a victim of assault, robbery, motor vehicle theft, and burglary. Statistics indicate that, among other things: (1) males were more likely to be victims of robbery than females, a trend that held for all age groups; (2) unemployed people were twice as likely to be robbed as those employed, and the victimization rate for young females was about two-thirds of their male counterparts; (3) risks of a household suffering theft of a motor vehicle in New South Wales and Western Australia were greater than in other States and territories; (4) couple families with or without children had a lower risk of burglary victimization than other households, households composed of one-parent families were at a greater risk; (5) households with security devices were about one-and-a-half times more likely to be burglarized than those without; and (6) the risk of being burglarized was greater for households in rented accommodations.