The consolidation of these bulletins is, to some extent, of historical interest, as it places in convenient form a large collection of otherwise scattered statistical information, but it also may be of interest in that it demonstrates how a statistical collection develops and extends over time. Thus this publication can be seen as a case study of an evolutionary approach to the improvement of criminal justice statistics.
It presents statistical data as a time series for each jurisdiction within Australia and includes tables of imprisonment rates, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rates and remand rates. Supplementary data for each jurisdiction are included and graphs of imprisonment rates and remand rates are also provided.
The following documents are available only in PDF format.
Australian prison trends Nos. 1 to 200
Australian prison trends No. 1 to No. 200 (pdf 2MB)
May 1976 to January 1993
This publication is based on data obtained from the first 200 issues of Australian prison trends, which has been published monthly by the Australian Institute of Criminology since May 1976. This edition includes an introduction by David Biles, Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, which reviews the developments and improvements in the collection over this 17-year-period.
ISBN 0642197970
Sue Salloom, David Biles, John Walker
Australian prison trends Nos. 1 to 100
Australian prison trends Nos. 1 to 100 (pdf 3.8MB)
May 1976 to September 1984
This publication is based on data obtained from the first 100 issues of Australian prison trends, which has been published by the Australian Institute of Criminology each month since May 1976.
ISBN 0642073457
Compiled by David Biles ; assisted by Marjorie Johnson