Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Youth justice in Australia 2020–21, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 22 March 2023. doi:10.25816/53k2-5w18
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. AIHW, 2022.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2020–21. Canberra: AIHW; 2022.
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.
On an average day in 2020–21, 4,695 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision
Of young people under supervision on an average day 84% were supervised in the community with the remainder in detention
The number of young people under supervision on an average day fell by 12% between 2016–17 and 2020–21
These fact sheets show the number of young people under youth justice supervision in 2020–21
7/07/2022
Due to a resupply of data, remoteness and socioeconomic tables for all supervision (S21-S24), community-based supervision (S56-S59) and detention (S96-S99) have been updated.
Youth Justice NMDS 2020–21
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