Bureau of Crime Statistics launches report on alternatives to custodial sentences

27/02/2008

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has announced the findings of its research on rates of imprisonment and alternatives to custody in regional New South Wales. In�today's media release, BOCSAR said�that "contrary to popular wisdom, offenders in the inner, outer, remote and very remote regional areas of NSW, were less likely to receive a prison sentence than offenders in the inner metropolitan regions".

The report, published in Crime and Justice Bulletin�No111 (January 2008) addresses concerns that a shortage of alternatives to custody was resulting in higher imprisonment�rates outside metropolitan areas.

27 February 2008


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