NCJ Number
214016
Date Published
2006
Length
107 pages
Annotation
This report presents national data and information on crime in Australia for 2004, as well as trends in crime covering areas of recorded and reported crime, victimization details, and criminal justice agency resources.
Abstract
With data gathered primarily by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as well as the International Crime Victimization Survey, a national farm crime survey, and other sources selected findings include, but are not limited to, (1) the number of homicides fluctuated between 340 and 390, the number dropped below 300 to 293 in 2004; (2) the homicide rate was 1.9 in 1996 and dropped to 1.5 in 2004; (3) in 2003-2004 only 7 percent of female victims were killed by a person unknown to them; (4) assault trends showed an average growth of 6 percent each year between 1995 and 2003; (5) sexual assault was likely to occur in the home environment; (6) thefts of motor vehicles were more likely to be reported to police than any other of the major categories of crime; (7) the majority of persons surveyed felt either very safe or fairly safe in their neighborhoods after dark; (8) males were almost four times more likely than females to be identified as offenders; (9) in 2003-2004 there were 17,315 defendants finalized in the higher courts, an increase of 4 percent from 2002-2003; (10) between 1984 and 2004 the overall imprisonment rate increased from 88 to 158 per 100,000 adult population; and (11) there were 47,248 sworn police officers and 13,851 civilian employees in Australia's police services for 2004. Tables, figures and references