Youth justice in Australia 2014–15
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Youth justice in Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Youth justice in Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2014–15. AIHW, 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Youth justice in Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Canberra.
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There were about 5,600 young people (aged 10 and older) under youth justice supervision in Australia on an average day in 2014–15, due to their involvement, or alleged involvement, in crime. This number has decreased by 23% over the 5 years to 2014–15. Around 4 in 5 (82%) young people under supervision on an average day were male. Most (85%) young people were supervised in the community and the remainder were in detention. Although rates of supervision decreased over the 5-year period for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people, the level of Indigenous over-representation increased.
- ISSN: 2205-5010 (PDF) 1446-9820 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-911-6
- Cat. no: AUS 198
- Pages: 24
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About 5,600 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2014–15
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21 young people per 10,000 aged 10–17 were under supervision on an average day, or 1 in every 466 young people
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85% of those under supervision on an average day were supervised in the community, and the remainder in detention
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43% of young people under supervision on an average day in 2014–15 were Indigenous