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HERALD SUN (MELB) IST Edition
Thursday 25 November, 1999 Page 12
Armed robbery across Australia has rocketed by 69 per cent in just three years as the nation becomes a "desperate and divided society".
The latest nationwide crime statistics reveal a sense of national desperation, the Federal Opposition said.
Between 1995 and 1998 assaults increased 27 per cent, robbery jumped by 57 per cent while imprisonment rates also climbed.
The most commonly mentioned crime in Australia is now assault, with 4.3 per cent of the population being hit, attacked with a weapon or threatened with violence.
While sexual assault increased only slightly between 1995 and 2998 there are now 1.7 sexual assaults each hour in Australia.
The statistics, collected by the Australian Institute of Criminology, are the most up-to-date picture of Australian crime. They do not rely on police and court reports but include information from 42,200 people and about 20,900 households.
Opposition justice spokesman Duncan Kerr said the statistics were a dangerous sign of a growing economic and social divide.
"The glue that holds Australia together may be starting to dissolve", he said. "The robbery rate can be broken down to show that the number of armed robberies has increased by 69 per cent since 1995, while the number of unarmed robberies has increased by 33 per cent."
He said more people were being drawn into the criminal cycle.
"But the only plausible explanation appears to be that there is a growing anti-social response by people who feel that they have been left out, left behind and are not part of Australia's economic success."
The murder rate has remained fairly constant with 333 homicides reported last year.
Institute director Adam Graycar said the report would not necessarily reflect police statistics.
"It must be noted that crimes recorded by the police do not reflect the true level of crime in Australia," he said.
"Crime and safety surveys in Australia and crime victims surveys from overseas clearly show that only about 40 percent of crimes are reported to police by victims."[/quote]
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HERALD SUN (MELB) IST Edition
Thursday 25 November, 1999 Page 12
Armed robbery across Australia has rocketed by 69 per cent in just three years as the nation becomes a "desperate and divided society".
The latest nationwide crime statistics reveal a sense of national desperation, the Federal Opposition said.
Between 1995 and 1998 assaults increased 27 per cent, robbery jumped by 57 per cent while imprisonment rates also climbed.
The most commonly mentioned crime in Australia is now assault, with 4.3 per cent of the population being hit, attacked with a weapon or threatened with violence.
While sexual assault increased only slightly between 1995 and 2998 there are now 1.7 sexual assaults each hour in Australia.
The statistics, collected by the Australian Institute of Criminology, are the most up-to-date picture of Australian crime. They do not rely on police and court reports but include information from 42,200 people and about 20,900 households.
Opposition justice spokesman Duncan Kerr said the statistics were a dangerous sign of a growing economic and social divide.
"The glue that holds Australia together may be starting to dissolve", he said. "The robbery rate can be broken down to show that the number of armed robberies has increased by 69 per cent since 1995, while the number of unarmed robberies has increased by 33 per cent."
He said more people were being drawn into the criminal cycle.
"But the only plausible explanation appears to be that there is a growing anti-social response by people who feel that they have been left out, left behind and are not part of Australia's economic success."
The murder rate has remained fairly constant with 333 homicides reported last year.
Institute director Adam Graycar said the report would not necessarily reflect police statistics.
"It must be noted that crimes recorded by the police do not reflect the true level of crime in Australia," he said.
"Crime and safety surveys in Australia and crime victims surveys from overseas clearly show that only about 40 percent of crimes are reported to police by victims."[/quote]
For anyone who wants further information, the URL for the Australian Institute of Criminology is:
http://www.aic.gov.au/
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