Undercounts in Offender Data and Closing the Gap Between Indigenous and Other Australians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228680 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brittany Hunter (0000-0003-0362-4882, corresponding author), Boyd Hunter, Aarthi Ayyar |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-89 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2011.tb00206.x |
| OpenAlex | W1753703913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
Closing the gaps between Indigenous and other Australian outcomes is a central concern of contemporary policy. The Re‐Offending Database (ROD), which has been collated by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), offers a unique opportunity to analyse data quality issues in an important source of administrative data for Indigenous people. This paper provides several independent estimates of the population of Indigenous offenders by estimating the number of people with unknown Indigenous status who are likely to be identified as Indigenous in other circumstances. The main finding is that the Indigenous population of offenders is substantially undercounted in administrative data collections. The failure to account for this will understate Indigenous disadvantage or the ‘gap’ between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous outcomes
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |