Demographics

Age

In general, the younger that people were when they were released from sentenced community‑based supervision, the more likely they were to receive another supervised sentence within 6 and 12 months (Figure 2.5).

7 in 10 (70%) young people aged 10–13 years when released from sentenced community-based supervision were returned to sentenced supervision within 12 months, compared with about half (51%) of young people aged 16 at release (a ratio of 1.4).

For young people released from sentenced detention, the rate of return to sentenced supervision within 12 months was high for all age groups. Young people aged 10–13 returned at a rate of 90%, with young people aged 14 and 15 returning at a rate of 93% and 85% respectively. The number of young people released from sentenced detention aged 10–13 is very small so results should be interpreted with caution (Table S10).

Figure 2.5: Young people released from sentenced supervision in 2022–23 who returned within 6 and 12 months, by age at release and type of index supervision

This graph shows that younger people released from community-based supervision were more likely to return to sentenced supervision within 6 and 12 months.

This graph shows that younger people released from community-based supervision were more likely to return to sentenced supervision within 6 and 12 months.

Notes:

  1. Data relate to young people aged 10–16 at the time of release, to allow a 12-month follow-up period.
  2. Data for young people aged 10–13 have been aggregated due to small frequencies.
  3. In this figure the 7–12 months is a cumulative total.
  4. Northern Territory data was not available for young people released from sentenced supervision in 2022–23.

Source: Supplementary table S10.

Sex

Young males released from sentenced community-based supervision were 1.1 times as likely as young females to receive another supervised sentence within 6 months (40% compared with 36%) and 1.2 times as likely to return within 12 months (58% compared with 49%) (Table S9).

Young females released from detention were more likely than males to receive another supervised sentence within 6 months (73% compared to 70%) and 12 months after release (87% and 84% respectively).

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