NCJ Number
141721
Date Published
1992
Length
82 pages
Annotation
The Australian Criminology Research Council was enacted through legislation passed in 1971 to promote State and Federal criminological research.
Abstract
These arrangements established an Australian Institute of Criminology, a Criminology Research Council, and a Criminology Research Fund. This report summarizes the projects, financed by the Fund, which are currently in progress or were previously completed. The introductory section of the report describes the Criminology Research Fund, its membership, meetings, and requests made for Council information under the Freedom of Information Act. The bulk of the report is devoted to descriptions of the research projects funded in 1992, reports received of completed research, projects withdrawn, Council policy regarding application for and grants of funding, and financial information. 2 appendixes