AIC/ABS CONFERENCE
The second joint Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conference "Safety, crime and justice: from data to policy" was conducted in Canberra on the 6-7 June 2005. The conference was opened by the Australian Statistician, Mr Dennis Trewin and Dr Toni Makkai, Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Mr Laurie Glanfield, AM, Director-General NSW Attorney-General's Department provided a keynote address, outlining the challenges to developing sound policy where there is a clear lack of research and statistical information, and the opportunities presented for greater collaboration in the future.
The conference provided a variety of presentations including panel discussions of the links between data and effective policy development for government. A clear message was the importance placed on the roles of topic specialists, policy developers, researchers and statisticians, working together to identify emerging issues, information gaps and future data needs. Panel sessions were complemented by a range of individual presentations and workshops.
Conference papers are now available from the AIC web site <www.aic.gov.au>
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