Section 3: Rates of imprisonment

Australia, States and Territories, 1982-2008, Crude Imprisonment Rates per 100,000 Population Aged 18 Years and Over

² Excludes prisoners sentenced by ACT courts, except for 1982 and 1983

³ Remanded prisoners only

⁴ Excludes ACT prisoners held in NSW prisons prior to 2009. From 2009 all ACT prisoners were held in ACT prisons

⁵ Data prior to 2006 include persons 17 years of age

⁶ The 1999-2008 rates have been rebased and so are slightly different from rates released previously for the same time period. The series are revised every 5 years to incorporate additional information available from the latest Census of Population and Housing. To examine more closely the population on which each year is based see paragraphs 22 and 23 Explanatory Notes http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4517.0Explanatory%20Notes12009?OpenDocument

Sources:

Mukherjee, S, Scandia, A, Dagger, D, Matthews, W 1981, Source book of Australian criminal & social statistics 1804 – 1988, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. (From 1970-1981)

Carcach, C & Grant, A 1999, ‘Imprisonment in Australia: Trends in prison populations & imprisonment rates 1982-1998’, Australian Institute of Criminology: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 130. (From 1982-1998)

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009, Prisoners in Australia 2009 – Table 4 Crude imprisonment rates, states and territories, 1999-2009, Cat. No. 4517.0, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4517.02009?OpenDocument