Section 4: Rates of imprisonment

Australia, States and Territories, 1982-2008, Crude Imprisonment Rates per 100,000 Population Aged 18 Years and Over

 

TAS

Aust av.

1982

77.7

89.8

1983

67.7

91.6

1984

76.9

85.6

1985

71.6

94.1

1986

79.7

97.6

1987

85.6

100.8

1988

90.0

100.4

1989

73.3

103.5

1990

69.7

112.2

1991

77.0

116.0

1992

77.4

118.3

1993

75.7

119.2

1994

73.4

125.5

1995

69.1

127.3

1996

80.4

130.9

1997

74.2

134.9

1998

88.3

139.2

19996

96.3

149.5

2000

111.2

150.2

2001

98.4

153.0

2002

120.7

150.8

2003

126.4

155.5

2004

122.7

157.2

2005

149.6

162.4

2006

137.6

163.2

2007

140.7

169.1

2008

136.0

168.2

2009

139.5

174.7

2 Excludes prisoners sentenced by ACT courts, except for 1982 and 1983

3 Remanded prisoners only

4 Excludes ACT prisoners held in NSW prisons prior to 2009. From 2009 all ACT prisoners were held in ACT prisons

5 Data prior to 2006 include persons 17 years of age

6 The 1999-2008 rates have been rebased and so are slightly different from rates released previously for the same time period. The series are revised every 5 years to incorporate additional information available from the latest Census of Population and Housing. To examine more closely the population on which each year is based see paragraphs 22 and 23 Explanatory Notes http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4517.0Explanatory%20Notes12009?OpenDocument

Sources:

Mukherjee, S, Scandia, A, Dagger, D, Matthews, W 1981, Source book of Australian criminal & social statistics 1804 – 1988, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra. (From 1970-1981)

Carcach, C & Grant, A 1999, ‘Imprisonment in Australia: Trends in prison populations & imprisonment rates 1982-1998’, Australian Institute of Criminology: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 130. (From 1982-1998)

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009, Prisoners in Australia 2009 – Table 4 Crude imprisonment rates, states and territories, 1999-2009, Cat. No. 4517.0, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4517.02009?OpenDocument