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Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 May 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22. AIHW, 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22. Canberra: AIHW; 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2023, Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22, AIHW, Canberra.
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Of young people aged 10–17 who were under sentenced youth justice supervision at some time between 2000–01 and 2021–22, 41% returned to sentenced supervision before turning 18. Of young people aged 10–16 in 2020–21 and released from sentenced community-based supervision, 40% returned to sentenced supervision within 6 months, and 57% within 12 months. Of those released from sentenced detention, 66% returned within 6 months, and 85% within 12 months.
41% of those whose first sentence was community-based returned to sentenced supervision before turning 18.
Indigenous young people were more likely than non-Indigenous young people to return to sentenced supervision.
51% of young people whose first sentence was detention returned to sentenced supervision before turning 18.
Young people who received a first detention sentence were the most likely to return to sentenced supervision.
Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2021–22