Youth justice in Australia 2017–18
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Topic: Youth justice
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Youth justice in Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 15 September 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Youth justice in Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2017–18. AIHW, 2019.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2017–18. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Youth justice in Australia 2017–18, AIHW, Canberra.
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Of the 5,513 young people under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2017–18, most were male (81%) and supervised in the community (83%). Overall rates of supervision varied among the states and territories, from 12 per 10,000 in Victoria to 59 per 10,000 in the Northern Territory. Supervision fell over the 5 years from 2013–14 to 2017–18 for community-based supervision, but rose for detention. Indigenous over-representation also continued to rise.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-515-4 (PDF) 978-1-76054-516-1 (Print)
- Cat. no: JUV 129
- Pages: 49
Findings from this report:
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On an average day in 2017–18, 5,513 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision
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Of young people under supervision on an average day, 83% were supervised in the community and 18% were in detention
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The number of young people aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day fell by 9% between 2013–14 and 2017–18.
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Indigenous young people aged 10–17 made up 49% of those under youth justice supervision