BOCSAR

BOCSAR is a statistical and research agency in NSW Government who conduct research, monitor trends and share advice on key crime and justice issues in NSW.

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Do you have innovative and policy-relevant research that speaks to the key issues in crime and criminal justice? The deadline for submitting abstracts to ARCJC 2025 has been ✨extended✨ to March 21st. More information here: https://t.co/A9LT4TENx8

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Call for Abstracts are now open for the Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference on 4-5 August 2025 in Sydney.

Find more information here:
https://t.co/9865Di8Go9

Submit your abstract to [email protected].

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New BOCSAR research shows that the expansion of Mobile Drug Testing in NSW led to an 836 per cent increase in people proceeded against for drug driving between 2014 and 2023.

Read more in our report:
https://t.co/6bPF69UgMP

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BOCSAR has recently improved the way we report murder statistics in NSW. Our new murder dashboard is an easy-to-use interactive tool with insights on long-term trends and victim characteristics including age, gender and relationship to offender.
https://t.co/EpyGPLhgdz

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Curious about how often police conduct searches, move people on and monitor compliance in NSW?

Exciting news! Our NEW policing activity dashboard has just been launched.

The dashboard is available on the BOCSAR website, or directly at: https://t.co/DZGV4o4XXJ

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The BOCSAR website has a fresh new look.

Take a look at our updated content and discover the latest statistics and research from BOCSAR

Explore: https://t.co/C6Qp3Cpxex

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Photos from our First Nations Peoples and the Criminal Justice System session with Hilde Tubex, Evarn Ooi, and Don Weatherburn at #ARCJC2024

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Our other final session of the day on Courts with Sara Rahman, Neil Donnelly, April Chrzanowski and Helen Punter at #ARCJC2024

Thank you to everyone for attending. We are looking forward to next year's conference in Sydney with @BOCSAR in 2025!🙌

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🐦EARLY BIRD EXTENSION🐦Our early bird registration for the Applied Research in Crime & Justice Conference has been extended until Monday 15 April 2024.
To see our program and to register, click here: https://t.co/Jf5mXihh2V
@BOCSAR #conference2024 #research #earlybird

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💥PROGRAM AVAILABLE💥We are excited to announce that the conference program is now available for the 2024 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference. We have a fantastic program that includes four keynote sessions, and 27 paper presentations: https://t.co/ClYRBcW1Wu

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What happened when NSW introduced penalty notices for first-time low-level drink & drug driving offences? 🚘

Our research suggests it reduced court loads for these offences & reduced the proportion receiving a court dismissal for these offences.

Report: https://t.co/H6tIIFcB4M

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🚨Abstract deadline EXTENDED!🚨

Submit your abstract to present at the 2024 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference on 1-2 July by 5pm AEST 1 February 2024.

Click here for more info & to submit: https://t.co/CwUw6noXeX

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#conference #crime #justice #research

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Our latest Recorded Crime Statistics were released this morning.

Find the report with latest statistics to September 2023 on our website:
https://t.co/8JKYKiAlkU

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A new study by BOCSAR reveals setting Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVOs) at 24 months instead of 12 significantly boosts victim safety, reducing DV offending by 41-59%.

https://t.co/I2YS8CNok2

#DomesticViolence #BOCSAR #VictimSafety #ReducingDV

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Did you know that BOCSAR tracks the NSW Close the Gap Targets for Aboriginal adults in Custody, Aboriginal young people in detention and rates of family violence?

Explore the interactive dashboards with the most up to date data on our website https://t.co/TahNyHjeIb

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The 8th annual Applied Research in Crime and Justice 2023 has concluded for another year!

It was a great success on every measure. Demand for tickets certainly exceeded all expectations and we thank everyone for their support.

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@jquilter3, @mcnamaralj and @BOCSAR have released a significant new study exploring experiences of sexual offence complainants in NSW District Court trials. This is the largest study of its kind since the landmark 1996 NSW Heroines of Fortitude Report. https://t.co/4Ygh8uIzGh

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We evaluated the Local Coordinated Multiagency program, a wraparound approach to managing high-risk offenders in the community. There was no impact of being referred to LCM on any measure of reoffending. Read the report: https://t.co/4jTsoZsKVo

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What's driving car theft in NSW? We look at the recent increase in car theft to March 2023: https://t.co/TD0kuIyo39

#BOCSAR #CrimeNews #NSWNews

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In a new BOCSAR study, we analysed 178,790 bail decisions in NSW and found that police are applying similar thresholds for release for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal defendants. Read our report: https://t.co/aJ33SJZM12