Introducing the Australian Institute of Criminology’s brand-new podcast series, CrimPod. You can now listen to the latest AIC research on a range of contemporary crime and justice issues affecting Australia.
Podcasts have become increasingly popular and the launch of CrimPod is a welcome addition to sit alongside AIC’s schedule of publications, seminars and popular YouTube channel—CriminologyTV.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has today released a paper that describes the characteristics of women who were more likely to experience physical and non-physical forms of domestic violence from their partner during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New studies reveal the changing culture within outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia
The latest report from the National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) - Deaths in custody in Australia 2018-19 Statistical Report is now available.
This paper explores the relationship between social isolation, time spent at home, financial stress and domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2019, 78 percent (n=676) of detainees tested positive to at least one type of drug, and 44 percent (n=382) tested positive to more than one drug type. Methamphetamine had the highest test positive rate of any drug (51%, n=444), and was also described as the most readily available.
Drug use monitoring in Australia: Drug use among police detainees, 2019