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Population Movements and Crime

Population Movements and Crime AUST & NZ JOURNAL ()F CRIMINOLOGY (September 1976) 9 (143-151) 143 David Biles 0 Notwithstanding the recent report of the National Population Inquiry,' which predicted a marked slowing down in Australia's population growth, and also notwithstanding the patent inadequacies of criminal statistics in this country, a number of propositions fundamental to this paper can be accepted without dispute. These are that: (a) in the past two or three decades Australia has experienced a period of very rapid population increase; (b) the available evidence suggests that over this period crime has increased at a faster rate than population increase; and (c) the crux of the Australian problem as far as both population and crime are concerned seems to focus on our major cities. The validity of these propositions is undeniable but their implications with regard to national population policy, crime control and the development of decentralised growth areas have yet to be fully explored. It is the aim of this paper to make a tentative move in the direction of filling that gap. It will be shown that it is not difficult to predict a future of apparently ever-increasing crime rates or to paint a picture of the utmost gloom, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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0004-8658
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1837-9273
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10.1177/000486587600900303
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AUST & NZ JOURNAL ()F CRIMINOLOGY (September 1976) 9 (143-151) 143 David Biles 0 Notwithstanding the recent report of the National Population Inquiry,' which predicted a marked slowing down in Australia's population growth, and also notwithstanding the patent inadequacies of criminal statistics in this country, a number of propositions fundamental to this paper can be accepted without dispute. These are that: (a) in the past two or three decades Australia has experienced a period of very rapid population increase; (b) the available evidence suggests that over this period crime has increased at a faster rate than population increase; and (c) the crux of the Australian problem as far as both population and crime are concerned seems to focus on our major cities. The validity of these propositions is undeniable but their implications with regard to national population policy, crime control and the development of decentralised growth areas have yet to be fully explored. It is the aim of this paper to make a tentative move in the direction of filling that gap. It will be shown that it is not difficult to predict a future of apparently ever-increasing crime rates or to paint a picture of the utmost gloom,

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 1976

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