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APPENDIX EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS DATA


INTRODUCTION

This appendix presents experimental data for Indigenous persons in community-based corrections. Data are presented as the number of Indigenous persons on community-based corrections orders on the first day of the month.

An initial evaluation of the quality of Indigenous identification by the ABS in community-based corrections has highlighted that currently no jurisdiction is fully complying with the ABS Standard Indigenous Question (SIQ - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 29); therefore, care should be taken when referring to this data. The extent to which jurisdictions are complying with the standard varies. Currently, Tasmania is complying with most SIQ requirements, but does not necessarily re-ask the question on each occasion that an individual commences an order under corrective services supervision. The remaining jurisdictions have more significant issues to overcome before they comply with the SIQ, and the ABS will continue to work with states and territories to better understand and improve the quality of this data item. It should be noted that at the time of publication, the SIQ recording processes applied in the Australian Capital Territory are yet to be confirmed.

A1 Persons in Community-Based Corrections(a)(b), By Indigenous status
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA(c)	WA(d)(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		2 908	324	2 146	746	1 777	141	846	81	8 969
2007		3 198	341	2 267	816	1 643	137	880	100	9 380
2008		3 178	353	2 556	928	1 815	132	847	125	9 935
2007
	Dec Qtr	3 229	370	2 436	834	1 660	134	853	105	9 621
2008
	Mar Qtr	3 134	355	2 461	850	1 762	132	858	106	9 658
	Jun Qtr	3 192	352	2 547	896	1 838	129	873	116	9 944
	Sep Qtr	3 174	346	2 598	963	1 811	128	823	131	9 974
	Dec Qtr	3 212	359	2 617	1 003	1 850	137	834	149	10 163
	Oct	3 190	363	2 609	1 000	1 834	135	850	151	10 132
	Nov	3 200	360	2 606	1 004	1 847	131	834	150	10 132
	Dec	3 247	355	2 637	1 006	1 869	146	817	147	10 224
NON-INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		13 835	6 675	9 978	4 793	3 613	946	307	876	41 024
2007		13 843	6 707	10 317	4 809	3 580	970	291	959	41 476
2008		13 793	6 946	11 564	4 919	3 715	970	252	1 075	43 234
2007
	Dec Qtr	13 836	6 965	10 817	4 843	3 678	940	281	1 011	42 370
2008
	Mar Qtr	13 792	7 048	11 183	4 862	3 739	953	276	1 016	42 869
	Jun Qtr	14 014	6 928	11 461	4 900	3 700	959	279	1 044	43 286
	Sep Qtr	13 772	6 983	11 787	4 913	3 730	974	221	1 094	43 474
	Dec Qtr	13 593	6 826	11 826	5 000	3 691	996	231	1 145	43 307
	Oct	13 669	6 954	11 761	4 995	3 718	985	229	1 144	43 455
	Nov	13 579	6 868	11 835	4 998	3 704	992	236	1 139	43 351
	Dec	13 530	6 657	11 881	5 007	3 651	1 010	229	1 151	43 116
UNKNOWN (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		1 101	602	-	58	4	97	2	125	1 988
2007		962	662	-	46	6	52	2	79	1 809
2008		983	651	-	41	15	41	1	101	1 833
2007
	Dec Qtr	915	734	-	35	16	37	1	93	1 832
2008
	Mar Qtr	851	586	-	30	17	60	2	112	1 658
	Jun Qtr	883	507	-	44	19	61	-	118	1 633
	Sep Qtr	952	545	-	49	17	19	-	122	1 704
	Dec Qtr	1 247	964	-	42	6	25	3	50	2 336
	Oct	1 107	788	-	39	np	10	np	31	1 981
	Nov	1 283	982	-	39	8	31	3	51	2 397
	Dec	1 350	1 123	-	47	7	33	3	67	2 630
PERSONS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2006		17 843	7 601	12 124	5 597	5 395	1 184	1 155	1 082	51 981
2007		18 002	7 710	12 584	5 671	5 229	1 159	1 173	1 138	52 665
2008		17 954	7 950	14 120	5 888	5 545	1 143	1 100	1 301	55 001
2007
	Dec Qtr	17 980	8 069	13 253	5 712	5 354	1 111	1 134	1 209	53 823
2008
	Mar Qtr	17 777	7 989	13 645	5 742	5 518	1 144	1 136	1 234	54 185
	Jun Qtr	18 089	7 787	14 009	5 840	5 558	1 150	1 152	1 277	54 862
	Sep Qtr	17 898	7 874	14 385	5 926	5 557	1 121	1 044	1 347	55 152
	Dec Qtr	18 052	8 150	14 443	6 045	5 547	1 158	1 068	1 344	55 806
	Oct	17 966	8 105	14 370	6 034	5 556	1 130	1 081	1 326	55 568
	Nov	18 062	8 210	14 441	6 041	5 559	1 154	1 073	1 340	55 880
	Dec	18 127	8 135	14 518	6 060	5 527	1 189	1 049	1 365	55 970
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Figures include persons with breached or suspended orders, with the exception of Vic. and Tas.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) Data movements may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 42.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 44.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 43.
(f) See footnotes c, d and e.

A2 Proportion of Persons in Community-Based Corrections(a)(b), By Indigenous status
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA(c)	WA(d)(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(f)
INDIGENOUS (%)
2006		16.3	4.3	17.7	13.3	32.9	11.9	73.3	7.4	17.3
2007		17.8	4.4	18.0	14.4	31.4	11.8	75.0	8.8	17.8
2008		17.7	4.4	18.1	15.8	32.7	11.5	77.0	9.6	18.1
2007
	Dec Qtr	18.0	4.6	18.4	14.6	31.0	12.1	75.2	8.7	17.9
2008
	Mar Qtr	17.6	4.4	18.0	14.8	31.9	11.5	75.5	8.6	17.8
	Jun Qtr	17.6	4.5	18.2	15.3	33.1	11.2	75.8	9.1	18.1
	Sep Qtr	17.7	4.4	18.1	16.3	32.6	11.5	78.8	9.7	18.1
	Dec Qtr	17.8	4.4	18.1	16.6	33.3	11.9	78.1	11.1	18.2
	Oct	17.8	4.5	18.2	16.6	33.0	11.9	78.6	11.4	18.2
	Nov	17.7	4.4	18.0	16.6	33.2	11.4	77.7	11.2	18.1
	Dec	17.9	4.4	18.2	16.6	33.8	12.3	77.9	10.8	18.3
NON-INDIGENOUS (%)
2006		77.5	87.8	82.3	85.6	67.0	79.9	26.6	81.0	78.9
2007		76.9	87.0	82.0	84.8	68.5	83.7	24.8	84.3	78.8
2008		76.8	87.4	81.9	83.5	67.0	84.9	22.9	82.6	78.6
2007
	Dec Qtr	77.0	86.3	81.6	84.8	68.7	84.6	24.7	83.6	78.7
2008
	Mar Qtr	77.6	88.2	82.0	84.7	67.8	83.3	24.3	82.3	79.1
	Jun Qtr	77.5	89.0	81.8	83.9	66.6	83.4	24.2	81.7	78.9
	Sep Qtr	76.9	88.7	81.9	82.9	67.1	86.9	21.2	81.2	78.8
	Dec Qtr	75.3	83.8	81.9	82.7	66.5	86.0	21.7	85.2	77.6
	Oct	76.1	85.8	81.8	82.8	66.9	87.2	21.2	86.3	78.2
	Nov	75.2	83.7	82.0	82.7	66.6	86.0	22.0	85.0	77.6
	Dec	74.6	81.8	81.8	82.6	66.1	84.9	21.8	84.3	77.0
UNKNOWN (%)
2006		6.2	7.9	-	1.0	0.1	8.2	0.2	11.6	3.8
2007		5.3	8.6	-	0.8	0.1	4.5	0.1	6.9	3.4
2008		5.5	8.2	-	0.7	0.3	3.6	0.1	7.7	3.3
2007
	Dec Qtr	5.1	9.1	-	0.6	0.3	3.3	0.1	7.7	3.4
2008
	Mar Qtr	4.8	7.3	-	0.5	0.3	5.2	0.2	9.1	3.1
	Jun Qtr	4.9	6.5	-	0.8	0.3	5.3	-	9.2	3.0
	Sep Qtr	5.3	6.9	-	0.8	0.3	1.7	-	9.1	3.1
	Dec Qtr	6.9	11.8	-	0.7	0.1	2.1	0.3	3.7	4.2
	Oct	6.2	9.7	-	0.6	np	0.9	np	2.3	3.6
	Nov	7.1	12.0	-	0.6	0.1	2.7	0.3	3.8	4.3
	Dec	7.4	13.8	-	0.8	0.1	2.8	0.3	4.9	4.7
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Figures include persons with breached or suspended orders, with the exception of Vic. and Tas.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) Data movements may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 42.
(d) Data prior to the March quarter 2007 may be slightly overstated - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 44.
(e) Data is subject to processing delays of 4 to 6 weeks - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 43.
(f) See footnotes c, d and e