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The Vanishing Criminal: Causes of Decline in Australias Crime Rate (Large Print)

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Vanishing Criminal: Causes of Decline in Australias Crime Rate (Large Print)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Don Weatherburn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:500
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLarge Print
RHYW Large Print
All Dates
Non-Fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780369395283
Audience
General
Edition Large Print Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher RHYW Large Print
Imprint ReadHowYouWant
NZ Release Date 27 December 2022
Publication Country Australia

Description

In 2000, Australia had the highest rate of burglary, the highest rate of contact crime (assault, sexual assault and robbery) and the second highest rate of motor vehicle theft among the 25 countries included in the international crime victim survey, which takes in the United States, the United Kingdom and most western European countries. Then in 2001, Australian crime statistics began to decline. By 2018, rates of the most common forms of crime had fallen between 40 and 80 percent and were lower than theyd been in twenty or in some cases thirty years. Australia is not the only country to have experienced this social trend. In The Vanishing Criminal Don Weatherburn and Sara Rahman set out to explain the dramatic fall in crime, rigorously but accessibly comparing competing theories against the available evidence. Their conclusions will surprise many and reshape the terms for discussion of these questions well into the future.