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South Australia’s Intensive Bail Supervision program for domestic and family violence (DFV) offenders today received a silver award in the community-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

The Tom Price Youth Action Plan today received a bronze award in the police-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

The Turning Corners program today received a bronze award in the community-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

Victoria Police’s Vehicle Crime Squad (VCS) Second-Hand Dealer Inspection and Closure program today received a bronze award in the police-led category of the 2021 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA).

The ACVPA recognise best practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crime in Australia and play a vital role in highlighting effective community-based initiatives to prevent crime and violence.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released the latest statistical report from the National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP), Deaths in custody in Australia 2020–21.

Deputy Director of the AIC, Dr Rick Brown said the AIC releases the program reports annually, however this report produces more timely statistics than in previous years, with the publication coming just five months after the end of the reporting period, rather than the usual 18 months.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Introduction
  • Methodological approach
• Direct serious and organised crime costs
  • Illicit drug activity
  • Organised financial crime
  • Crimes against the person
  • Illicit commodities
  • Pure cybercrime
  • Serious and organised crime enabling costs
• Consequential organised crime costs
• Indirect costs of preventing and responding to serious and organised crime
  • Public sector costs

Contents

• List of tables
• List of figures
• Key definitions
• Box 1: Key findings at a glance: Respondents' experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Executive summary

• Experiences of physical violence, sexual violence and emotionally abusive, harassing and controlling behaviours among women who have been in a relationship
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intimate partner violence among women who have been in a relationship