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About the Centre
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The Crime Research Centre was established within the Law School at the University of Western Australia in 1989, as a joint initiative between the State government and the University. The State government provided a substantial capital endowment and the University provided accommodation and salary support. The Centre has competed successfully for research funding from a variety of government and non-government agencies including the Australian Research Council, the Criminology Research Council and other national funding bodies and has been able to develop a good library to supplement the resources of the Reid Library and the Beasley Law Library. The Centre has an Advisory Board which helps to ensure liaison with criminal justice practitioners in all areas. The Board is chaired by the Chief Justice and includes other members of the judiciary, the Police Commissioner, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director-General of the Ministry of Justice, the CEOs of other relevant government agencies, and academics from the Law School and the Centre itself. The Centre has made major and innovative contributions to the collection and analysis of statistical data on crime in Western Australia. The Centre publishes annual crime and justice statistics which have significantly enhanced understanding of the extent of the crime problem in the State and trends in criminal justice. The Centre’s work in the area of criminal statistics has attracted strong interest across Australia and internationally because of the development of the Integrated Numerical Offender Identification System (INOIS). This is the most sophisticated data linking model in Australia and one of the most sophisticated in the world. It provides accurate and detailed statistical data for numerous purposes, including the long term study of ‘criminal careers’ and the evaluation of criminal justice programmes.
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