11 July 2024
NDARC Webinar
Do increases in gambling expenditure lead to more crime?
Do increases in gambling expenditure lead to more crime?
This seminar provided strong evidence that increases in aggregate expenditure on electronic gaming machines lead to increased property and violent crime, gambling expenditure and crime.
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.
11 July 2024
NDARC webinars
Professor Donald Weatherburn