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Division

04 Harm or endanger persons

Latest release
Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC)
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Reference period
2023

Description

This division comprises acts that harm or endanger persons. This includes acts that threaten, harass, accidentally injure, or neglect a person, or which unlawfully deprive another person of their freedom of movement, such as abduction, kidnapping, trafficking, slavery, or unlawful imprisonment. There is no requirement that the acts are intended to cause harm.

Subcategories

041 Human trafficking or slavery
042 Abduction or kidnapping
043 Deprivation of liberty or false imprisonment
044 Acts that threaten, harass, or control
045 Driving causing serious injury
049 Other acts that harm or endanger persons