1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2008  
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Image: Crime and JusticeCRIME AND JUSTICE

The effects of criminal activity, as well as people's perceptions about the extent of such activity, are issues that impact directly or indirectly on the quality of people's lives. This chapter provides an overview of the Australian criminal justice system, including people's involvement with the system either as offenders or as victims of crime. Data are presented on the characteristics of crime victims and offenders and on outcomes from the justice process. These data are sourced from periodic household surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and from administrative data collected by a range of agencies operating in the field of crime and justice. Justice is primarily administered through state and territory governments, with local variation in legislation, processes and operational structures. However, by taking account of these differences, nationally comparable crime and justice statistics provide indicators of the level and nature of crime across Australia and the associated outcomes of the criminal justice system.

The chapter concludes with an article Physical violence, in which findings from the 2005 Personal Safety Survey are presented.







This section contains the following subsection :
      Criminal justice system
      Expenditure on public order and safety
      Police
      National crime statistics
      Drug offences
      Outcomes of police investigations
      Courts
      Corrective services
      Prisoners
      Most serious offence
      Community-based corrections
      Deaths in custody
      Crime and justice Bibliography

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