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Youth detention population in Australia 2017

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Release Date: 05 Dec 2017
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. Youth detention population in Australia 2017. Cat. no. AUS 220. Canberra: AIHW.

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This bulletin presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2013 to June 2017. Among the 964 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2017, high proportions were male (91%), aged 10–17 (84%), unsentenced (64% excluding Victoria) and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (53%). Over the 4-year period to the June quarter 2017, the numbers and rates of young people in detention remained stable, with minor fluctuations across quarters.

  • ISSN: 2205-5010 (PDF) 1446-9820 (Print)
  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-028-9
  • Cat. no: AUS 220
  • Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
  • Over the 4-year period, Indigenous young people outnumbered non-Indigenous young people in detention in every quarter

  • Indigenous young people aged 10–17 were 24 times as likely as non-Indigenous young people to be in detention

  • Trends in the size of the youth detention population varied among the states and territories over the 4-year period

  • 53% (514) of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous

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  • Youth detention population in Australia 2018 19 Dec 2018

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Youth detention population in Australia 2017

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  • Youth detention population in Australia 2016 13 Dec 2016
  • Youth detention population in Australia 2015 04 Dec 2015
  • Youth detention population in Australia 2014 28 Nov 2014
  • Youth detention population in Australia 2013 10 Dec 2013
  • Juvenile detention population in Australia 2012 20 Dec 2012
  • Juvenile detention population in Australia 2011 09 Feb 2012

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