Juvenile justice
The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set
(JJ NMDS) is the national collection of
information on young people under community-based supervision and in detention. It contains flow data from 2000-01 for all states and territories
in Australia (except the ACT - data are available from 2003-04).
Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08 now available.
Juvenile justice in Australia 2008-09 available mid 2010.
Data collected
Characteristics of young people under juvenile supervision
- age
- sex
- Indigenous status
- Age at first supervision
Patterns of supervision
- type (unsentenced, sentence)
- length
- location (community, detention)
Information on supervised orders such as supervised bail, remand, probation and sentenced detention is collected.
Information on unsupervised court orders such as unsupervised bail is not collected.
Further information
- Juvenile justice facts and figures
- Juvenile justice related publications
- How to access data from the JJ NMDS
- Background to the JJ NMDS
- Juvenile justice contacts
- Contact the Juvenile Justice NMDS Project Manager
- Juvenile Justice Data
Research and Information Group (JJ RIG)
- Juvenile Justice Research and Information Group (JJ RIG) members only area (password protected)