Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2018) Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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This report presents information on people aged 10–17 who were in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. Young people under youth justice supervision were 9 times as likely as the general population to be in the child protection system. Indigenous Australians were 17 times as likely as their non-Indigenous counterpart to be both in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision.
- ISSN: 2205-5045 (PDF) 1833-1238 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-425-6
- Cat. no: CSI 26
- Pages: 35
Findings from this report:
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Between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2017, 48% of those under youth justice supervision had also been in child protection
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8% of those receiving child protection services were also under youth justice supervision during the 4-year period
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Of the young people who experienced both child protection and youth justice, 82% experienced child protection first
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Those receiving child protection services were 9 times as likely as the general population to also be in youth justice