Investigating serious violent crime: What works, what doesn't and for what crime types? [Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council - Grant: CRG 43/13-14]
Journal: QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)
Year: 2017

Serious violent crime is a persistent and significant criminal justice issue (see Eisner, 2003; Fuller, 2013; Truman, Langton, &amp;amp; Planty, 2013; Wallace et al., 2009). In 2003 and 2008, the Australian Institute of Criminology delivered a clear message: despite the relatively low number of incidents compared to non - violent crime, serious v iolent crime offences account for a substantial portion of the costs of crime in Australia (Mayhew, 2003; Rollings, 2008). Moreover, a number of schola