In 2018, there were 329 strip searches carried out by police on people aged 20 years old in New South Wales, Australia. This was exactly 100 more strip searches than were conducted in 2017 on 20 year old people. In recent years, crime in New South Wales has been decreasing, with less assaults and robberies, however, drug offences have increased.
Number of strip searches by police in New South Wales, Australia in financial year 2017 and 2018, by age
People who were strip searched aged between 10 and 30 years old.
Strip search is defined by the source as 'a search of a person or of articles in the possession of a person that may include: a. requiring the person to remove all of his or her clothes, and b. an examination of the person's body (but not of the persons body cavities) and of those clothes'.
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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Redfern Legal Centre. (August 22, 2019). Number of strip searches by police in New South Wales, Australia in financial year 2017 and 2018, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066372/australia-strip-searches-by-police-nsw-by-age/
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