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1 July 1991- 30 June 1992
School Type Burglary Property Damage Arson Total Value
Secondary 61 92 8 $57229
Primary 220 261 8 $137897
Pre-School /Crèche 37 38 3 $18 208
Other Educational 90 62 1 $53 547
Reported incidents of vandalism are recorded under criminal damage by the AFP. The criminal damage, however, may not necessarily have been caused at the same time as a "break-in". For example, criminal damage caused to equipment in a schools grounds would not be included in the burglary figures if no burglary offence had been committed. Further, the value of the damage is not always known or stated.
The AFB has advised that it would be a lengthy and resource intensive exercise to recall each incident with a criminal damage offence within a school to see whether or not is was related to a burglary.
Nil.
(4) Information to answer these questions is not readily available.
Advice from the Magistrates Court indicates that due to the relatively recent introduction of the computer system at the Magistrates Court, it would be an extremely time-consuming and almost impossible task to check the "card" records held by the Court. I am not prepared to divert scarce resources to such a task.
No schools have taken legal action against students or, if juveniles, their parents for the financial restitution of damages to schools caused by students or children. In some cases, voluntary arrangements have been made with students/parents for the full or partial financial resduttion of the damn". No central record of these voluntary arranges its has been kept by the Department of Education and Training.
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