Adults under supervision and detention orders / compiled and written by John Walker.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1988.

17587

Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Detention of persons -- Australia.

Probation -- Australia.

Data from the 1982 National Prison Census and the 1985-86 National Census of Community-Based Corrections is used to present some of the salient facts about adults under supervision and detention orders in Australia. Topics covered include: differences between States; how Australia compares with other countries; the types of offences committed; the demographic characteristics of the offenders; and the cost to the community. - Publisher's website.

Available online.

"June 1988."

Includes bibliographical references.

0642133395

0817-8542

6 p. ; 30 cm