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CRIME RATES ARE DOWN SO WHY ARE PRISONS FULL?

In the last 20 years, rates of common forms of crime have fallen between 40 and 80 percent. Why? And in that case why are our prisons still full? Explore this with Don Weatherburn, author of The Vanishing Criminal and Nick Cowdery QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions in NSW.

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  • When Thu 02 December at 3:00PM
  • Where Dixson Room, Sydney
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