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IMPRISONMENT RATES
KEY SERIES
IMPRISONMENT RATE
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | (a)2006 | (a)2007 | (a)2008 | (a)2009 | (a)2010 | (a)2011 | (a)2012 |
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Age standardised rate (b) | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 291.4 | 295.9 | 307.8 | 308.4 | 319.6 | 317.7 | 327.6 | 324.5 | 320.1 | 320.8 |
Females | 21.1 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 23.5 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 25.9 | 26.7 | 24.2 | 26.2 |
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Crude rate (c) | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 290.8 | 297.2 | 307.4 | 307.9 | 309.3 | 318.4 | 328.8 | 318.7 | 314.1 | 314.6 |
Females | 20.4 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 22.9 | 24.7 |
(a) From 2006, in all States and Territories except Queensland, persons remanded or sentenced to adult custody are aged 18 years and over. In Queensland, 'adult' refers to persons aged 17 years and over. Prior to 2006, in Victoria persons aged 17 years and over were also referred to as 'adult'. For more information, see Explanatory Notes 11, 24–26 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0).
(b) Rates are age standardised to the Estimated Resident Population (ERP) at 30 June 2001. Rates are per 100,000 adult population. The denominator used to calculate national imprisonment rates has changed over time. For more information on rates, see Explanatory Notes 33–38 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0).
(c) Rates are per 100,000 adult population. The denominator used to calculate national imprisonment rates has changed over time. For more information on rates, see Explanatory Notes 11, 18–26 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0).
Source: ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0). |
RELATED SERIES
SENTENCED PRISONERS
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Males (no.) | 17,540 | 17,959 | 18,920 | 18,847 | 19,688 | 19,861 | 21,330 | 21,605 | 20,856 | 20,915 |
Females (no.) | 1,198 | 1,277 | 1,300 | 1,361 | 1,440 | 1,409 | 1,594 | 1,728 | 1,527 | 1,595 |
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Males (%) | 93.6 | 93.4 | 93.6 | 93.3 | 93.2 | 93.4 | 93.0 | 92.6 | 93.2 | 92.9 |
Females (%) | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
Source: ABS Prisoners in Australia (cat. no. 4517.0). |
AGGREGATE SENTENCE LENGTH FOR SENTENCED PRISONERS (a)
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Median sentence length | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 42.0 | 41.7 | 37.2 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 37.8 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 40.3 | 39.9 |
Females | 27.0 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 25.9 | 27.6 | 24.2 |
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Mean sentence length | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 60.4 | 60.4 | 59.3 | 60.1 | 59.8 | 60.3 | 59.1 | 60.3 | 61.5 | 61.1 |
Females | 42.2 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 43.2 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 42.8 | 43.3 | 47.3 | 45.2 |
(a) Prisoners with an indeterminate, life without a minimum or periodic detention sentences are excluded from the aggregate sentence length calculations. For further information on mean/median aggregate sentence length see Explanatory notes 51 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2012 (cat. no. 4517.0).
Source: ABS data available on request, National Prisoner Census. |
For a historical commentary on this indicator, refer to the January 2013 release of Gender Indicators, Australia (cat. no. 4125.0)
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