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Table 7: Indicator and index specifications: examples from Australian research, adult offenders
Observation
period Key findings
Author Context/sample Data Quantification
15% of community corrections
participants return to community
corrections within two years
of release. A further 10% return
to non-community based
corrective services supervision,
including imprisonment.
Observation
period was
consistent
for all offenders –
two years from
completing
a community
corrections order.
Episode of
recontact with
the corrective
services agency
Corrective
services data
The report on government services
examines the proportion of community
corrections participants who return to
community corrections or corrective
services supervision within two years
of completion. The data are presented
for Western Australia, the Northern
Territory, South Australia, Tasmania
and Queensland.
SCRGS 2006.
Report on
government
services, 2005
54% of police detainees had
been arrested previously in
the past 12 months
Self-reported data Episode of
previous arrest
18% had spent some time in
prison in the past 12 months
Observation was
retrospective but
consistent for
all offenders –
12 months
Episode
of previous
imprisonment
The Drug Use Monitoring in Australian
program examines the link between
drugs and crime. The study surveys
offenders each quarter in seven
police stations in New South Wales,
Queensland Western Australia
and South Australia.
Mouzos J, Smith L
& Hind N 2006.
Drug use monitoring
in Australia: 2005
annual report on
drug use among
police detainees
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