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Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017
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 29 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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, Canberra.
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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.
Between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2017, 48% of those under youth justice supervision had also been in child protection
8% of those receiving child protection services were also under youth justice supervision during the 4-year period
Of the young people who experienced both child protection and youth justice, 82% experienced child protection first
Those receiving child protection services were 9 times as likely as the general population to also be in youth justice
Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision: 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017