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Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 2015–16

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Release Date: 17 Oct 2017
Topic: Youth justice

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 February 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.

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This report presents information on people aged 10–16 who were in the child protection system and under youth justice supervision from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016. Young people under youth justice supervision were 12 times as likely as the general population to be in the child protection system. Indigenous Australians were 16 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: 978-1-76054-208-5
  • Cat. no: CSI 25
  • Pages: 30
Findings from this report:
  • Young people in the child protection system were 12 times as likely to also be under youth justice supervision

  • Young Indigenous Australians were 16 times as likely to have contact with child protection AND youth justice supervision

  • From 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016, 6.5% of young people in child protection were also in youth justice supervision.

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Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 2015–16

17 Oct 2017

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  • Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 2014–15

    Publication | 28 Oct 2016

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