Bureau of Crime Statistics launches report on alternatives to custodial sentences
Wed Feb 27 2008The 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