Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 07 December 2023. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. AIHW, 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents information on young people under youth justice supervision during 2018–19 who had received child protection services in the 5 years from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2019. More than half of young people who had been in youth justice supervision had also received child protection services in the 5-year period. About one-third were the subject of a substantiated notification for abuse or neglect. Almost 1 in 4 (23%) young people were placed on a care and protection order and 22% were placed in out-of-home care in the last 5 years.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-754-7
- DOI: 10.25816/ech1-dg08
- Cat. no: CSI 28
- Pages: 36
Findings from this report:
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54% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the last 5 years
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28% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the same year
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61% of those in detention during 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the last 5 years
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23% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 received a care and protection order in the last 5 years