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Amendments
8 Dec 2020 - Figure 3.5 was amended to correct a series label on the y-axis from ‘Any youth justice supervision’ to ‘Out-of-home care’.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 March 2024. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. AIHW, 2020. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19. Canberra: AIHW; 2020. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Young people under youth justice supervision and in child protection 2018–19, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/ech1-dg08
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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.
54% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the last 5 years
28% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the same year
61% of those in detention during 2018–19 had received a child protection service in the last 5 years
23% of those under youth justice supervision in 2018–19 received a care and protection order in the last 5 years
8 Dec 2020 - Figure 3.5 was amended to correct a series label on the y-axis from ‘Any youth justice supervision’ to ‘Out-of-home care’.