NCJ Number
186551
Date Published
September 2000
Length
31 pages
Annotation
This bulletin tracks robbery incidents reported to police in South Australia in 1997 and 1998, with a focus on incidents that subsequently resulted in an apprehension.
Abstract
It describes the characteristics of incidents that involved apprehensions; and, where appropriate, draws comparisons with incidents for which there were no apprehensions. It also provides information on the alleged offenders apprehended by police. Of the 104 incidents reported in 1997, police made apprehensions in relation to 50 incidents (48.1 percent). Police apprehended alleged offenders in relation to 44 of the 132 robbery-in-a-dwelling incidents reported during 1998 (33.3 percent). Overall, while the number of robbery-in-a-dwelling incidents reported increased from 1997 to 1998, the number of incidents cleared by the police through apprehension declined. Data on the characteristics of robbery-in-a-dwelling incidents address the number of victims per incident, characteristics of victims involved in the incidents, the number of alleged offenders per incident, the characteristics of alleged offenders, a comparison between victims and alleged offenders, and the relationship between victims and alleged offenders. Regarding charges brought by police, the data cover number of charges per offender, offense combinations, offenses charged, and robbery charges. Other data pertain to incident location; involvement of weapons; time, day, and month of offenses; and time elapsed between an offense occurring, its report to the police, and apprehension of an alleged offender. 27 tables, 3 figures, and 3 references