New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Issue paper no. 41

Why are Indigenous Imprisonment Rates Rising?

Resources Aug,2009

Authors: Fitzgerald, Jacqueline

Publishers: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Issue paper no. 41

Between 2001 and 2008 the adult Indigenous imprisonment rate rose by 37% in Australia and 48% in New South Wales. This paper looks at the reasons behind this rise in […]

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