Talk:Crime in the Northern Territory

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What's the source for the statement in the article, that the majority of crime is either alcohol or Aboriginal related?--cjllw | TALK 14:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

That particular part of the article, along with most of the textual content derives from 203.122.214.140 (talk · contribs) who also left the edit summary of "just added some stuff. not referenced. delete or edit if you like. can't be bothered referencing atm". -- Longhair 20:51, 16 December 2005 (UTC)


Right, I just removed the life expectancy paragraph since its pretty wrong. 55 years? wth? See here:

 http://www.abc.net.au/health/healthmap/nt/default.htm
 males - 70.3
 females - 75.2

Or here:

 http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,17524509%255E421,00.html
 males - 72.3

I'm to lazy to write a new paragraph plus I don't quite understand what to make of the information presented here:

 http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/d649295089b31db8ca256f6a007a5104?OpenDocument

-- random anon. The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.122.208.27 (talk • contribs) .



removed the following:

"the majority of crime is alcohol related or in relation to issues surrounding indigenous Australians" - unsourced

and

"The Northern Territory is sparsely populated, with the lowest population per square km of any state or territory in Australia (and one of the lowest in the world), which leads to the general feeling that you can do anything, and that nobody will be able to help you if something happens to you. On average 30 000 people go missing in Australia every year, some of which occur in this isolated area." - so many things wrong with this one

also removed npov tag, as i don't think the article needs it anymore. citations for nt having highest crime rate of any state/territory in australia, darwin highest of any city, and alice springs second highest (plus highest murder rate) would be good though.

[edit] What is this?

Crime in regionX... is this a standard template in WP, or is there something truly exceptional here? Medico80 20:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)