Women Offenders

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This report presents information about the characteristics of those persons aged 10 years and over who allegedly committed an offence and were proceeded against by Victorian police between 2007-08 and 2008-09. Characteristics of the offender include sex and age, number of times an offendor has been proceeded against by police. Australia-wide information is also available.
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This report provides a gendered history of previous imprisonment and imprisonment rates between 1999 and 2009 .
The report also analyses imprisonment rates of indigenous prisoners between 2008 and 2009 by gender and provides a gender and age analysis of indigenous prisoners.



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This report contains information on Indigenous women's offending patterns. Data includes their most serious offence, type of offending, mean age, median age and age range for Indigenous women offenders, imprisonment rates within each Australian jurisdiction, and sentencing outcomes.  Further Info

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Data includes the number of Victorian women defendants appearing in Higher and Magistrate's courts. Additional data is available for Australian women such as the type of crime they were charged with, whether they were acquitted, pleaded guilty or were found guilty. Age and sentencing data is available for Australian women found guilty.  Further Info

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This report contains information on Victorian women in custody and community-based corrections. Time series data includes the average daily number and percentage change of women in full-time custody, the average number and percentage change of women in community-based corrections, periodic detention, Federal-sentenced women, and imprisonment rates. The average daily number of Victorian Indigenous women in custody and imprisonment rates is also available.  Further Info

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Other Resources

Gender Impact Assessment: Women and Corrections
Women's Health Victoria has published a Gender Impact Assessment on Women and Corrections.