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WHAT'S NEW
NEWSLETTERS
WORK IN PROGRESS
STATISTICAL HEADLINES
WHAT'S NEW
DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL CRIME RECORDING STANDARD
The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) development project commenced in response to findings from the Differences in Recorded Crime Statistics (DiRCS) study, which identified issues with national comparability in recorded crime victims statistics. The purpose of the NCRS is to provide jurisdictions with a uniform set of rules and standards to ensure consistency between and within states and territories in the recording of crime.
A set of rules and requirements and a manual of scenarios to guide consistent recording of criminal incidents by police for national statistical purposes has been developed in conjunction with police agencies in each state and territory. The scenarios illustrate the application of the rules of the NCRS for offences in scope of the national collection. The police agencies have agreed in principle to the NCRS. All jurisdictions have either implemented or commenced implementation of the NCRS.
CHILDREN'S COURTS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Children's Courts data for all states and terriories was published for the first time in Criminal Courts, Australia, 2006-07 , (cat. no. 4513.0), following an extensive dedvelopment and validation process. As a result of this exercise comparable, national Children's Courts data are now available and were included in the main suite of the criminal courts statistics publication.
A REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN STANDARD OFFENCE CLASSIFICATION (ASOC)
The ABS has completed its review of the Australian Standard Offence Classification (ASOC), 1997 (cat. no. 1234.0) to support the improvement of offence data comparability across administrative collections. The revised classification incorporates changes in legislation that have occurred in the decade since the last update of the ASOC. The Australian Standard Offence Classification (ASOC), 2008, (Second Edition) (cat. no. 1234.0) was released in August 2008.
RECORDED CRIME - VICTIMS STATISTICS
The ABS published experimental Indigenous Status victim data for two jurisdictions - New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory - complying with the ABS Standard Indigenous Question requirements in the Recorded Crimes – Victims, Australia, 2007 (cat. no. 4510.0) publication, which was released in June 2008. The data was accompanied by caveats and footnotes to explain aspects of recording and data quality.
NEWSLETTERS
CRIME AND JUSTICE NEWSLETTER
The National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics (NCCJS) produces an informative Newsletter (cat. no. 4500.0). If you would like to receive a copy of the NCCJS Newsletter, the free subscription service on the ABS website can automatically notify you of new releases of ABS products online. When viewing a product, click on the 'Free email notification service' link in the top right-hand side of the page, and this will automatically send you a notification of updates to this ABS product.
WORK IN PROGRESS
STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
One of the agreed statistical development priorities identified in the National Information Development Plan for Crime and Justice Statistics, 2005 (NIDP) (cat. no. 4520.0), was to develop an evidence base that would assist in more effectively responding to family and domestic violence (FDV), and inform intervention strategies to decrease its incidence and prevalence.
To further this priority, a Statistical Framework for Family and Domestic Violence is being developed. The framework provides a basic common language and agreed parameters around elements of the field of family and domestic violence. Such parameters should help to alleviate the difficulties arising from the multidisciplinary nature of FDV and the associated mix of definitions used.
The Framework is intended to assist an understanding of concepts in the collection of statistical information for FDV, and enable consideration of key indicators, existing resources and data needs. It is anticipated that the Framework will be published in late 2008.
SURVEYS
PREVIOUS SURVEYS
Personal Fraud Survey
The publication of the results for the Personal Fraud Survey were released in Personal Fraud in Australia (cat. no. 4528.0) in June 2008.
Personal Safety Survey
Results from the Personal Safety Survey were released in the publication Personal Safety, Australia, 2005 (cat. no. 4906.0) in August 2006.
National Crime and Safety Survey
Results from the National Crime and Safety Survey were released in the publication Crime and Safety, Australia (cat. no. 4509.0) in April 2006.
NEW SURVEYS
Redeveloped National Crime and Safety Survey
The National Crime and Safety Survey is currently undergoing redevelopment. The new National Crime and Safety Survey has gone into the field as of the second half of 2008.
STATISTICAL HEADLINES
5% of Australians aged over 15 years were victims of personal fraud (cat. no. 4528.0; 27 June 2008)
Robbery victims increased by 613 to 17,988 in 2007 (cat. no. 4510.0; 26 June 2008)
Prisoner numbers up 2% from the March quarter 2007 (cat. no. 4512.0; 19 June 2008)
Prisoner numbers up 2% from the December quarter 2006 (cat. no. 4512.0; 20 March 2008)
Children's court - 1,625 offenders serve time: ABS (cat. no. 4513.0; 25 January 2008)
Australian prisoner numbers increase 6% in the last 12 month to 27,200 at 30 June 2007 (cat. no. 4517.0; 13 December 2007)
Average daily number of full-time prisoners increased 2% from previous quarter - June Quarter (cat. no. 4512.0; 20 September 2007)
Unsentenced prisoner numbers up by 2% - March quarter (cat. no. 4512.0; 21 June 2007)
Motor vehicle theft continues to fall in 2006: ABS (cat. no. 4510.0; 6 June 2007)
Illicit drug offences make-up 17% of defendants in Higher Courts (cat. no. 4513.0; 28 March 2007)
Prisoner numbers rise by 3% for the December Quarter (cat. no. 4512.0; 22 March 2007)
Prisoner numbers rise by 2% (25,218 persons) for the September quarter 2006 (cat. no. 4512.0; 1 December 2006)
Prisoner numbers rise to 24,787 persons for the June quarter 2006 (cat. no. 4512.0; 21 September 2006)
Unsentenced prisoners increased by 3% in the March quarter 2006 (cat. no. 4512.0; 22 June 2006)
Victims of property offences continue to fall in 2005 (cat. no. 4510.0; 25 May 2006)
Crime and Safety, Australia 2005 reports on selected types of household and personal crime (cat. no. 4509.0; 26 April 2006)
Prisoner numbers rise by 923 (4%) to 24,235 persons for 2005 (cat. no. 4512.0; 23 March 2006)
Traffic offences make-up half of Magistrates' Courts workload (cat. no. 4513.0; 25 January 2006) |
This page first published 11 July 2006, last updated 2 October 2008 |
