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A report by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs,
See chapter 4 - Measuring crime in Australia

Tarczon, C & Quadara, A 2012, 'The nature and extent of sexual assault and abuse in Australia,' ACSSA Resource Sheet, no. 5, pp.1-15

Carried out for the Secretary of State for the Home Department (UK), 2006.

From the Crime & Deviance channel. Produced in the UK.

By Tim Newburn, The Conversation, 29/08/16.
* This is not an academic article even though it has been written by a well-known academic.

Ombudsman Victoria, 2011

The Age Online, 02/12/14

ABC, 18/06/15

Cantor, D, & Lynch, J P 2000, 'Self-report surveys as measures of crime and criminal victimization', Criminal justice, vol. 4, pp. 85-138.

Jansson, K 2007, The British Crime Survey-measuring crime for 25 years, Home Office, London.

Heiskanen, M & Lietonen, A 2017, Crime and gender: a study on how men and women are represented in international crime statistics, HEUNI, Helsinki.

Some useful publications include Corrections in Australia and Prisoners in Australia.

Includes statistics about juvenile justice and mental health issues from around Australia.

The Crime Statistics Agency has released its first set of crime statistics for Victoria that cover the year ending 31 December 2014 (Story posted 23/03/15)

Published by the Australian Institute of Criminology.

The Crime Statistics Agency publishes recorded crime statistics here every quarter. You can also view crime data by LGA and postcode for the past three years in the Crime by location tool.
Access summary statistics on offenses, alleged offenders, victim reports and family incidents by clicking the menu buttons below or download the full set of data tables in the Download data tab.

Security Magazine, 2019.
The report is compiled by the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice (Mexico). It is written in Spanish but the figures are clear. Ciudad (City), País (Country), Homicidios (Homicide), Habitantes (Population), Tasa (Rate). Updated 2019.

Carried out for the Secretary of State for the Home Department (UK), 2006.

US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Economist, 30/08/18.

Security Magazine, 2019.
The report (linked from this article) is compiled by the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice (Mexico). It is written in Spanish but the figures are clear. Ciudad (City), País (Country), Homicidios (Homicide), Habitantes (Population), Tasa (Rate). Updated 2019.

Smith, O 2017, The world's safest (and least safe) cities: Tokyo named world's safest city, News.com

The Drug use monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program seeks to measure drug use among people recently apprehended by police. DUMA currently collects quarterly drug use information from police detainees at nine sites across Australia. The collection is the only ongoing survey of offenders. The program examines the relationship between drugs and crime, and monitors local drug markets and drug use patterns by detainees across time.

Published by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Type the word assault into the search box. This site will describe sentencing outcomes for those charged with this offence.

By Georgina Fuller,Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice no.496, 12/08/15

4510.0 - Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2017. Published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Published by the Domestic Violence Prevention Centre.

Morgan, A & Chadwick, H 2009, 'Key issues in domestic violence,' Research in Practice, no. 7, pp.1-11

Phillips, J & Park, M 2004, 'Measuring domestic violence and sexual assault against women: a review of the literature and statistics,' E-Brief, December, viewed 26 September 2016.

Security Magazine, 2019.
The report (linked from this article) is compiled by the Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice (Mexico). It is written in Spanish but the figures are clear. Ciudad (City), País (Country), Homicidios (Homicide), Habitantes (Population), Tasa (Rate). Updated 2019.

An interactive map exploring the distribution, dimensions and dynamics of intentional homicide around the world.

The program has collected and analysed information on all homicides (murder and manslaughter, excluding driving causing death) in Australia since 1990. The program continues to provide strategic policy and operational information on homicide in Australia. Published by the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Enter the word homicide in the search box and hit enter. This site will describe sentencing outcomes for those charged with this offence.

Published by the Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2002.

Enter the offence in the search box, for example arson, and hit enter. This site will describe sentencing outcomes for those charged with this offence.

Search for the word rape to obtain information on adult sexual assault. Search for the term sexual assault to obtain information on sex offences against children. Search for the word indecent to obtain information relating to both children and adults. This site will describe sentencing outcomes for those charged with these offences.

Produced by the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council.