The study examines the short—and long-run relationship between monthly gross electronic gaming expenditures in each Local Government Area and the recorded rate of property and violent crime in the same and subsequent months.

About the speaker:

Don Weatherburn is a Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and was formerly Executive Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. He graduated from the University of Sydney with first-class honours in Psychology and was awarded a PhD by that university in 1979. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications, including four books.