Youth justice in Australia 2012-13

83% young people under supervision on an average day were male

About 6,300 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2012–13

Indigenous young people aged 10–17 were 17 times as likely as non-Indigenous young people to be under supervision

Over the 5-year period to 2012–13, the level of Indigenous over-representation in youth justice supervision increased