In education categories such as none, trade qualification, business certificate or diploma, university degree and postgraduate degree or diploma, the number of respondents who believed that crime rates had increased significantly significantly increased with post-secondary education. However, education level had no effect on respondents who thought there was much less crime. The public obtains information about crime from different sources such as family or friends, work colleagues, the media, as well as from their own personal experiences. Participants who gathered crime information from family or friends, radio talk shows, or commercial television had more inaccurate perceptions of crime. Most respondents believe that television and newspapers are more important sources of information about crime than family, friends and work colleagues. In essence, the media, followed by the family, were responsible for their opinion on crime in Australia. The Indermaur & Roberts studies were an extension of research conducted by Weatherburn & Indermaur in 2004 into public perceptions of crime trends in New South Wales and Western Australia. In summary, Indermaur & Roberts' research has shown that women, the elderly, and the undereducated have inaccurate opinions about