Juvenile justice in Australia: 2010-11

On an average day in 2010-11, 2.6 young people aged 10-17 were under juvenile justice supervision for every 1,000 in Australia. Most young people (86%) were supervised in the community, with the remainder in detention. Indigenous young people aged 10-17 were 15 times as likely as non-Indigenous young people to be under supervision on an average day: 14 times as likely to be under community-based supervision and 24 times as likely to be in detention.

ISSN 1833-3230; ISBN 978-1-74249-328-2; Cat. no. JUV 10; 240pp.; $25