1359.5 - StatSearch: A Reference Guide to Western Australian Statistics, 1998  
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Contents >> Crime >> Prisoners

      NAME OF COLLECTION
        Prisoners
      Description
        Provides information on the population and legal characteristics of prisoners collected from the National Prison Census.
      Data detail
        Data available are:
      • age
      • sex
      • legal status
      • nature of offence(s)/charge(s)
      • aggregate sentence
      • time expected to spend in prison
      Geographic coverage
        State
      Frequency
        Annual
      Historical data
        From 1983
        Note: Established in 1983 and maintained by the Australian Institute of Criminology until June 1993. The ABS took over the responsibility of the collection of the data in September 1995.
      Products and services available
      - Publications
        None
      - Other
        Information is yet to be published however, unpublished data are available and can be transferred to various spreadsheet packages such as Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel. For more information, please contact our Information Services team.



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