Youth justice in Australia 2012-13
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Topic: Youth justice
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2014) Youth justice in Australia 2012-13, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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Around 6,300 young people were under youth justice supervision in Australia on an average day in 2012–13, due to their involvement, or alleged involvement, in crime. Of these, over 4 in 5 (5,300 young people) were supervised in the community and the remaining 1,000 were in detention. Young people spent, on average, 26 weeks under supervision during the year.
- ISSN: 1446-9820
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-548-4
- Cat. no: AUS 179
- Pages: 24
Findings from this report:
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About 6,300 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2012–13
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There were 24 young people per 10,000 aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day, or 1 in every 420 young people
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Young people aged 10–17 were 6 times as likely to be under community-based supervision as in detention
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83% young people under supervision on an average day were male