Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2014–15
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Topic: Youth justice
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2016) Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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Most young people who have a supervised sentence serve only 1 sentence and do not return. For those born from 1990–91 to 1996–97, around 62% received only 1 sentence before the age of 18. The younger a person is at the time of first receiving a supervision sentence, the more likely they are to return. Of the young people aged 10–16 in 2013–14 and released from sentenced community-based supervision, around 23% returned to sentenced supervision in 6 months, and 46% returned within 12 months. Of those released from sentenced detention, 50% returned to sentenced supervision within 6 months and 74% returned within 12 months.
- ISSN: 2205-5118 (PDF) 1833-3230 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-959-8
- Cat. no: JUV 84
- Pages: 36
Findings from this report:
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62% of young people who received a supervised youth justice sentence when aged 10–17 received only 1 sentence
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52% of young people who first received a sentenced detention order returned to sentenced supervision before age 18
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37% of young people who were first supervised in the community returned to sentenced supervision before age 18
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Indigenous young people were more likely than non-Indigenous young people to return to sentenced supervision