NCJ Number
142641
Journal
Key to Commonwealth Corrections Issue: 22 Dated: (Winter 1992/93) Pages: 1-3
Editor(s)
T Garner
Date Published
1993
Length
3 pages
Annotation
The mission of the Australian Institute of Criminology is to conduct research; provide independent, expert advice; and disseminate statistics and other information with a national focus that deal with crime, crime prevention, and criminal justice.
Abstract
Issues with which the Institute has been involved include violence prevention, gun control, drugs, effects of stress on police, corporate crime, terrorism, and media- crime relationships. The Institute also advises Federal, State, and territorial governments on the criminal justice system and crime prevention. The Institute's conference program organizes regular conferences and seminars to discuss such topics as homicide, local government and crime, private-sector involvement in the criminal justice system, women and the law, and child witness testimony. The library collection of the Institute contains more than 23,000 references to Australian criminal justice material, and the Institute publishes a wide range of periodicals, booklets, monographs, and reports. The Institute's Crime Prevention Series focuses on such topics as car theft and crime in car parks, graffiti and vandalism, public transport crime, and retail crime. The organization and special programs of the Institute are described.