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Youth detention population in Australia 2014
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2014) Youth detention population in Australia 2014, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 June 2026.
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This report presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2010 to June 2014. On an average night, close to 1,000 young people were in detention, about half of whom were unsentenced. Nationally, numbers and rates of young people in detention remained relatively stable over the 4 years; but trends varied among states and territories. About half of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous.
- ISSN: 1833-3230
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-663-4
- Cat. no: JUV 53
- Pages: 78
Findings from this report:
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Almost 1,000 young people were in youth detention on an average night in the June quarter 2014
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52% of young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2014 were unsentenced
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52% of all young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2014 were Indigenous
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79% of those in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2014 were aged 10–17, and the rest were 18 or older