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released: 28 Nov 2001 author: Broadbent A

This report details a project undertaken by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on behalf of the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators and the National Community Services Information Management Group, to develop a National Minimum Data Set for juvenile justice. It provides a description of the methodology used to develop the NMDS, a detailed flow chart of the juvenile justice system in the broad context, a data model and a draft data dictionary for the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Version 1.0. This report and the data dictionary contained within the report are an initial stage in the process of moving toward a national data collection on juvenile justice. A number of recommendations on the further steps required to achieve a national collection are also detailed in this report.

ISBN 978 1 74024 150 2; Cat. no. CWS 14; 116pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (157K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations
    • Juvenile justice departments
    • Executive summary (99K PDF)
  • Sections
    1. Summary of recommendations (89K PDF)
      • AJJA response to recommendations
    2. The project to develop a national minimum data set for juvenile justice (217K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Background
      3. Objectives and expected outcomes of the project
      4. Methodology for development of the NMDS
    3. Description of the JJ NMDS Version (208K PDF)
      1. What is the purpose of the NMDS?
      2. Scope of the JJ NMDS
      3. The JJ NMDS Version 1.0 data model
      4. Data items included in the JJ NMDS Version 1.0
      5. Discussion of specific data items
    4. JJ NMDS Version 1.0 Data Dictionary (309K PDF)
      1. Format of the data dictionary
      2. Data definitions
        • Juvenile justice client
        • Unique client ID
        • Letters of name
        • Date of birth
        • Sex
        • Statistical linkage key
        • Indigenous status
        • Country of birth
        • Last known home suburb/town/locality name
        • Last known home postcode
        • Juvenile justice episode
        • Entry date
        • Reason for intervention
        • Transferred from
        • Most serious offence type
        • Sentence severity: hours of community service
        • Sentence severity: number of days of sentence
        • Juvenile justice agency name
        • Juvenile justice agency postcode
        • Exit date 65 Reason for exit
        • Juvenile justice remand/detention centre
        • Centre name
        • Centre postcode
        • Juvenile justice remand/detention centre capacity
        • Number of juvenile justice detainees
        • Escapes
    5. Moving the JJ NMDS towards a national data collection (108K PDF)
      1. Agreement to the JJ NMDS Version 1.0 by stakeholders
      2. Establishing a formal and ongoing data development working group
      3. Commitment to test the JJ NMDS Version 1.0
      4. Implementation of findings from field or pilot
      5. Implementation of the national collection on juvenile justice
      6. Future developments or stages of the JJ NMDS
      7. Possible approaches for a national data collection on juvenile justice
  • End matter
    • Appendixes (245K PDF)
      • Appendix A: Juvenile justice National Minimum Data Set Project -- Reference Group members (September 2000)
      • Appendix B: Draft 1 Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set -- June 2000
      • Appendix C: Draft 2 Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set -- August 2000
      • Appendix D: Relevant juvenile justice orders/arrangements in each jurisdiction as provided by jurisdictions in August 2000
      • Appendix E: Map of State and Territory orders/arrangements to the NMDS Reason for intervention data domain - provided by jurisdictions - August 2000
    • References

Recommended citation

Broadbent A 2001. Report on the development of a Juvenile Justice NMDS. Cat. no. CWS 14. Canberra: AIHW.