InBrief

The International Homicide Conference begins tomorrow on the Gold Coast. Ahead of the conference, the Australian Institute of Criminology has released its 2006-2007 annual report for the National Homicide Monitoring Program. The report shows, among other things, that:

• the rate for 2006–07 was 1.2 per 100,000, amongst the lowest for a century;
• in 2006–07, there were 260 homicide incidents, involving 266�victims and 296 offenders. Of the victims, 185 were male and 81 were female;
• twenty-seven children under the age of 15 years were killed in�2006–07, the overwhelming majority by a parent (84%).

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2 December 2008