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4A.4 Crime and justiceTable 4A.4. 1: Victims of crime by country of birth, 2005 (per cent) Country of Birth Born in Australia Born Overseas Male Female Male Female
Notes (a) relative standard error between 25 and 50%; used with caution (b) relative standard error over 50%, too unreliable for general use Source: ABS 2006e Table 4A.4. 2: Feelings of safety (2005) (per cent) Country of Birth
Table 4A.4. 3: Crime and safety (per cent persons) Born in main Born in other countries Not Feelings of safety at home alone after dark: Australia countries English English persons
Victim of physical or threatened violence in last 12 months 10.1 7.8 5.8 4.0 9.0 Victim of actual or attempted break in, in last 12 months 11.2 12.8 12.1 10.7 11.5 Source: ABS 2003c LSIA-sourced perceptions of crime levels The LSIA provides some important insights into how migrants perceive crime in Australia. Within the survey, migrants were asked for their impressions about the extent of crime in Australia. LSIA 1 respondents (arguably) did not see crime as a major problem although escalations in crime levels were perceived over time, increasing from about one in five to one in four migrants thinking that there was ‘a lot’ of crime. Conversely, assessments of levels of crime had lessened by the time the second wave of LSIA 2 migrants were surveyed when only about one in seven thought there was a lot of crime. Humanitarian entrants interviewed for LSIA 1 were about three times more likely to think that there was a lot of crime by comparison with skilled business migrants. These results suggest perceptions about crime might be related to socio-economic profile of neighbourhoods in which migrants lived rather than their migrant status per se (Mukherjee 1999b). However, for LSIA 2 respondents, while humanitarian visa holders were still more likely than others to think there was a lot of crime (about 22% did so), comparatively large proportions of skilled sponsored (17%) and skilled independent (13%) migrants also thought crime levels were high. Business migrants were still least likely to have impressions that there was a lot of crime (7%). There were also marked differences in crime level perceptions between some birthplace groups. Migrants from Northern Europe, South Eastern Europe, Oceania and the UK and Ireland held the most negative views. The groups least likely to think that there was a lot of crime in Australia (at about one-third of the level of the Northern Europeans) were those from Eastern Europe, China, Central Asia and Latin America – largely non-English speaking countries – and also from Sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa). These results suggest that perceptions about what constitutes a lot of crime might be based largely on previous experiences prior to settlement in Australia, as well place of residence upon arrival – given the wide variation in crime rates across urban and rural communities (Hogg and Carrington, 2006). Directory: sites -> default -> files -> documents -> 01 2014 documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Mobile audio/video recording systems documents -> The south australian government gazette documents -> All public acts appearing in this gazette are to be considered official, and obeyed as such documents -> Union interparlementaire inter-parliamentary union 01 2014 -> Voices Shaping the 01 2014 -> Muslim Voices – Hopes and aspirations of Muslim Australians Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies 01 2014 -> Prepared by: Kais Al‐Momani Nour Dados Marion Maddox Amanda Wise C Download 18.21 Mb. Share with your friends:
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