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EUCPN: Training on key concepts in crime prevention

This training centres around the fundamentals of crime prevention. It aims to inform those unfamiliar with prevention on the benefits it can create for society. The training specifically focuses on EUCPN's definition of prevention as well as the different types of prevention (e.g. social and situational) that can be used by practitioners. It, additionally, emphasises evidence-based prevention by teaching the participants how to systematically create a crime prevention initiative.

This training lasts a half day and will be provided in English. If you would like to know more about the content, dissemination or how to participate and/or organise this training in your own country, contact the EUCPN Secretariat.

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AIC: New research estimating the costs of serious and organised crime in Australia

Link to: Estimating the costs of serious and organised crime in Australia, 2022–23

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released the fourth in a series of reports undertaken for the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission estimating the cost of serious and organised crime in Australia.

The total cost of serious and organised crime in Australia in 2022-23 was estimated to be up to $68.7b.
This includes $43.3b from the costs of crimes that have a clear and direct link with serious and organised crime, $8.5b from the costs of conventional crimes committed as a consequence of serious and organised crimes, and $16.9b from the costs to government entities, businesses and individuals associated with preventing and responding to serious and organised crime.
The estimated cost of serious and organised crime in Australia represents 2.9 percent of national gross domestic product for 2022-23.

Read the AIC media release.

New AIC report on deaths in custody 2023-24 released today

Link to: Deaths in custody in Australia 2023–24

Data from the most recent National Deaths in Custody Program Statistical Report, Deaths in custody in Australia 2023–24, show:

In 2023–24, there were 104 deaths in custody: 76 in prison custody, 27 in police custody or custody-related operations and one in youth detention.
Twenty-four deaths in custody in 2023‒24 were of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—18 deaths in prison custody and five deaths in police custody. Of the 80 non-Indigenous deaths in custody, 58 were in prison custody and 22 in police custody.
The prison custody death rate decreased between 2022‒23 and 2023‒24 for Indigenous people (from 3.43 to 2.87 per 100,000 Indigenous population aged 18 years and over) and increased for non-Indigenous people (from 0.25 to 0.29 per 100,000 non-Indigenous population aged 18 years and over).

Read the AIC media release