Youth justice in Australia 2020–21
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Topic: Youth justice
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Youth justice in Australia 2020–21, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 September 2023. doi:10.25816/53k2-5w18
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. AIHW, 2022.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. Canberra: AIHW; 2022.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2022, Youth justice in Australia 2020–21, AIHW, Canberra.
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Of the 4,695 young people under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2020–21, most were male (81%) and supervised in the community (84%). Overall rates of supervision varied among the states and territories, from 7.3 per 10,000 in Victoria to 32 per 10,000 in the Northern Territory. Rates of supervision fell over the 5 years from 2016–17 to 2020–21 for community-based supervision and detention.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-955-8
- DOI: 10.25816/53k2-5w18
- Cat. no: JUV 138
- Pages: 64
Findings from this report:
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On an average day in 2020–21, 4,695 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision
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Of young people under supervision on an average day 84% were supervised in the community with the remainder in detention
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The number of young people under supervision on an average day fell by 12% between 2016–17 and 2020–21