Youth justice in Australia 2012-13

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Release Date: 17 Apr 2014
Author: AIHW
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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:

About 6,300 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2012–13
Young people aged 10–17 were 6 times as likely to be under community-based supervision as in detention
Over the 5-year period to 2012–13, the level of Indigenous over-representation in youth justice supervision increased
The rate of youth supervision ranged from 16 per 10,000 in Victoria to 35 per 10,000 in Tasmania

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(26 May 2014) Labels updated in supplementary table S88b.
(19 Jun 2014) Labels updated in supplementary tables S38b, S88b, S107b.

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