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Youth detention population in Australia 2015
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Topic: Youth justice
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Youth detention population in Australia 2015, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 13 September 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Youth detention population in Australia 2015. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2015. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.
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This bulletin presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2011 to June 2015. There were fewer than 900 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015, just over half (55%) of whom were unsentenced. Numbers and rates of young people in detention dropped slightly over the 4 years, but trends varied among the states and territories. Just over half (54%) of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous.
- ISSN: 1446-9820 (Print) 2205-5010 (PDF)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-868-3
- Cat. no: AUS 196
- Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
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Almost 900 young people were in youth detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015
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55% of young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015 were unsentenced
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54% of all young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2015 were Indigenous
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The number and rate of young people in detention on an average night decreased over 4 years to the June quarter 2015