NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
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The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research is a statistical and research agency within the NSW Attorney General's Department and was established in 1969.
The director of the bureau is Dr Don Weatherburn.
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[edit] Purpose
- identify factors that affect the distribution and frequency of crime
- identify factors that affect the effectiveness, efficiency or equity of the NSW criminal justice system
- ensure that information on these factors and on crime and justice trends is available.
By meeting these objectives the bureau can assist policy makers and administrators in the criminal justice system to develop and implement strategies which reduce crime, and provide a more efficient, effective and equitable justice system.
[edit] Activities
- developing and maintaining statistical databases on crime and criminal justice in NSW
- conducting research on crime and criminal justice issues and problems
- monitoring trends in crime and criminal justice
- providing information and advice on crime and criminal justice in NSW.
[edit] Services
- report statistics on recorded crimes and criminal court appearances
- identify trends in crime and justice
- publishing the results of research that evaluates hypotheses and assumptions about crime and criminal justice
The bureau's publications and statistical information service are available to members of the public.
[edit] Public Information
- information stored in the bureau's databases can be used to answer many questions about crime and justice in NSW
- type of offence
- when and where it was committed
- age, gender, plea, outcome of court appearance and penalty, for persons who appear before the courts charged with criminal offences.
