[LINK] It's Queensland - (sorry to Qlders)

[David Goldstein]

I checked out the Australian Institure of Criminology. Their stats show crime figures started going down around the turn of the century for all types of crime apart from assault that still seems to be on the rise, or maybe is on the way down. To attribute this to the internet seems a bit farcical. See http://data.aic.gov.au/aic16/#view=victimsEstimatesPerHTDateLineView&selectedWafers=0&selectedColumns=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.
 
No doubt there is research analysing the fall in crime rates on their website for anyone with the time to dig.
 
David


----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Koltai <tomk at unwired.com.au>
> To: 'David Goldstein' <wavey_one at yahoo.com>; link at anu.edu.au
> Cc: 
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2011 10:08 PM
> Subject: RE: [LINK] It's Queensland - (sorry to Qlders)
> 
> 
> 
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au 
>>  [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of David Goldstein
>>  Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2011 6:07 PM
>>  To: link at anu.edu.au
>>  Subject: Re: [LINK] It's Queensland - (sorry to Qlders)
>> 
>> 
>>  What's your source for "crime is on the way down" Tom?
>> 
>> 
> Ahh, some research I did a couple of years ago for a Blog article I
> wrote...
> Entitled: P2P is aiding in lowering Crime.
> 
> http://www.perceptric.com/blog/_archives/2009/7/25/4265986.html
> 
> The article includes a couple of the refs: (Need Library access)
> -----------------
> Barbara D. Warner, ‌ Pamela Wilcox Rountree‌ "Local Social Ties in a
> Community and Crime Model: Questioning the Systemic Nature of Informal
> Social Control"
> November 1997, Vol. 44, No. 4, Pages 520–536 , DOI
> 10.1525/sp.1997.44.4.03x0235a
> 
> Armour, Stacy. "Local Institutions and Neighbourhood Crime: Does
> Participation Matter?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
> American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance
> Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA,, Aug 14, 2004 <Not Available>.
> 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p108697_index.html>
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> I also started mapping incidences around Redfern, NSW and noticed a
> gradual reduction over 12 months. A very small statistical dataset, but
> subsequently proven to be an excellent indicator.
> 
> As the Social Economy [capital] grows, it would appear that the "need
> for speed" decreases.
> OK, for the benefit of any lead foots listening to Mahler [or Wagner]
> driving along Lake Burley Griffith Drive in a healthy not quite law
> abiding manner, I meant that as a euphemism for anti-social adrenalin
> rush causing activity.
> 
> TomK
>