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IMPRISONMENT
This section on Imprisonment includes the Key and Related series for the following Indicator:
Imprisonment rates
IMPRISONMENT RATES
Key Series
IMPRISONMENT RATE (a)
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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| Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate |
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Age standardised rate (b)(c) | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 313.5 | 315.8 | 327.4 | 326.0 | 336.4 | 334.1 | 325.9 | 322.5 | 331.4 | 358.3 |
Females | 23.0 | 24.1 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 27.3 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 27.5 | 30.0 |
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Crude rate (c) | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 311.2 | 312.1 | 322.4 | 320.3 | 331.0 | 328.2 | 318.5 | 314.1 | 322.4 | 347.4 |
Females | 22.1 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 23.2 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 28.1 |
(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 12 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0).
Rates are per 100,000 adult population. For more information see Explanatory Notes paragraphs 46-51 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0).
(b) Rates are age standardised to the Estimated Resident Population (ERP) at 30 June 2001. For more information on rates, see Explanatory Notes 58–64 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0).
(c) Rates for 2005 to 2013 have been revised due to changes in the rates calculation methods. For more information see Explanatory Notes paragraph 52 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0).
Source: ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0). |
Related Series
SENTENCED PRISONERS
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Males (no.) | 18,920 | 18,847 | 19,688 | 19,865 | 21,330 | 21,605 | 20,856 | 20,915 | 21,628 | 23,644 |
Females (no.) | 1,301 | 1,361 | 1,441 | 1,410 | 1,594 | 1,729 | 1,524 | 1,595 | 1,708 | 1,869 |
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Males (%) | 93.6 | 93.3 | 93.2 | 93.4 | 93.0 | 92.6 | 93.2 | 92.9 | 92.7 | 92.7 |
Females (%) | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
Source: ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (cat. no. 4517.0). |
AGGREGATE SENTENCE LENGTH FOR SENTENCED PRISONERS (a)
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| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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| Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months |
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Median sentence length | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 37.2 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 37.8 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 40.3 | 39.9 | 36.0 | 36.0 |
Females | 22.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 25.9 | 27.0 | 24.2 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
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Mean sentence length | | | | | | | | | | |
Males | 59.3 | 60.1 | 59.8 | 60.3 | 59.1 | 60.3 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 59.2 | 57.6 |
Females | 42.1 | 43.2 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 42.8 | 43.3 | 47.0 | 45.2 | 44.2 | 43.2 |
(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 aggregate sentence length see Explanatory Note 18 in ABS Prisoners in Australia, 2014 (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.
Definitions of the concepts presented above can be found in the Safety and Justice Glossary (under the Explanatory Notes tab). More detailed information can be found in the Safety and Justice Data Cube (under the Downloads tab).
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