Researcher at the Crime Statistics Agency in Victoria. All views are my own and do not represent my employer. https://xitter.cf/t.co/NRCGEvQSkk
Melbourne, Victoria
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New research paper out today from my team on how many incidents of sexual offending progress through the criminal justice system.
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It's terrific to have our new article 'Size does matter' published in collaboration with @CrimeStatsVic (Melanie Millsteed and Samantha Walker), also starring @AshleeJCurtis Travis Harries, @smritinepal20 Tanya Chikritzhs and @kerri_coomber
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Important research by @SACvic today on children held on remand in Victoria.
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The drop in property and deception offences was driven by decreases in steal from a retail store, steal from a motor vehicle and burglary offences, while the increase in drug offences was driven by an increase in drug possessions.
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Close to 1 in 3 breach of COVID-19 restriction offences in Victoria occurred between midnight and 6am, while few occurred in a house or apartment
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Key figures from year ending 30 June 2020 recorded crime stats:
Criminal incident rate ⬆️ 3.9%
Recorded offences rate ⬆️ 4.2%
Alleged offender rate ⬆️ 10.6%
Victim reports rate ⬆️ 3.8%
Unique alleged offenders rate ⬆️ 5.5%
Unique victims rate ⬆️ 3.7%
Family incident rate ⬆️ 5%
Latest domestic violence figures from NSW @BOCSAR showed no increase in either March or April 2020 (since COVID-19 social distancing measures began), compared with the year before. Read more here: bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/…
Latest domestic violence assault figures from NSW @BOCSAR showed no increase in March 2020 compared with the year before. The data capture the first two weeks of physical distancing measures. Read more here: bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocs…
More than half of adolescent perpetrators of family violence were themselves exposed to violence as children, research released today by @CrimeStatsVic shows
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The research found time served prison sentences now account for 20% of all prison sentences imposed, whereas previously it was 5%
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Very much looking forward to reading this tomorrow. Thanks to @SACvic for publishing on this important topic
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The @CrimeStatsVic consultation on a new measure of harm to feature in recorded crime statistics closes midnight tonight if you would like to have your say.
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New @AICriminology research out today on female perpetrators of domestic violence. The study analysed police narratives and recorded domestic violence history and identified that half the incidents involved either self-defensive or retaliatory violence aic.gov.au/publications/tand…
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The Fines Reform Advisory Board wants to hear first-hand from people about your experience with the fines system. Online community and stakeholder consultation open until 3 February 2020 #EngageVictoria @justice_vic bit.ly/2Opq5I7
Victoria Police recorded 83,775 family violence incidents over the past year, a 7% increase on the year before, data released today by @CrimeStatsVic shows. Read more here: crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/c…
Great to see this comparison, thanks @SACvic! I was curious how much overlap there would be between these cohorts of young people.
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There were 36,420 females and 10,697 males in Victoria in 2018-19 who were in contact with Specialist Homelessness Services and disclosed domestic or family violence as a reason for needing assistance, data released by @CrimeStatsVic today shows.
Data from Specialist Homelessness services is included in the @CrimeStatsVic Family Violence Database for the first time today. These clients were assisted by a specialist homelessness service and disclosed domestic or family violence as a reason for needing assistance in 2018-19
Stay tuned for our annual Family Violence Database release tomorrow. Data includes family violence related information from Victoria Police, Legal Aid, Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts and Ambulance Victoria, among others.
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I would far rather read about Jack’s life than the terrorists. Jack sounds like an extraordinary young man, someone we should learn from and celebrate. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50617991
