PREFACE
The National Criminal Courts Data Dictionary, Version 1 (hereafter referred to as the Data Dictionary) seeks to maximise comparability within and across individual collections of criminal courts data, and provide a resource for agencies seeking to align their statistical output.
The Data Dictionary has been developed by the National Criminal Courts Statistics Unit (NCCSU) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with key stakeholders. The NCCSU operates as a part of the National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics.
The Data Dictionary is endorsed by the NCCSU Board of Management, which is the governing body that oversees the operations of the NCCSU. The Board of Management comprises the Chief Executive Officers of state and territory Justice agencies, a representative from the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department and a representative from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
In developing the data dictionary, the ABS acknowledges the valuable contribution of the Board of Management, the National Criminal Courts Statistics Advisory Group, the Court Practitioners' Group and the Productivity Commission.
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