Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations
    • Juvenile justice departments
    • Executive summary 
  • Sections
    1. Summary of recommendations
      • AJJA response to recommendations
    2. The project to develop a national minimum data set for juvenile justice 
      1. Introduction
      2. Background
      3. Objectives and expected outcomes of the project
      4. Methodology for development of the NMDS
    3. Description of the JJ NMDS Version 
      1. What is the purpose of the NMDS?
      2. Scope of the JJ NMDS
      3. The JJ NMDS Version 1.0 data model
      4. Data items included in the JJ NMDS Version 1.0
      5. Discussion of specific data items
    4. JJ NMDS Version 1.0 Data Dictionary 
      1. Format of the data dictionary
      2. Data definitions
        • Juvenile justice client
        • Unique client ID
        • Letters of name
        • Date of birth
        • Sex
        • Statistical linkage key
        • Indigenous status
        • Country of birth
        • Last known home suburb/town/locality name
        • Last known home postcode
        • Juvenile justice episode
        • Entry date
        • Reason for intervention
        • Transferred from
        • Most serious offence type
        • Sentence severity: hours of community service
        • Sentence severity: number of days of sentence
        • Juvenile justice agency name
        • Juvenile justice agency postcode
        • Exit date 65 Reason for exit
        • Juvenile justice remand/detention centre
        • Centre name
        • Centre postcode
        • Juvenile justice remand/detention centre capacity
        • Number of juvenile justice detainees
        • Escapes
    5. Moving the JJ NMDS towards a national data collection 
      1. Agreement to the JJ NMDS Version 1.0 by stakeholders
      2. Establishing a formal and ongoing data development working group
      3. Commitment to test the JJ NMDS Version 1.0
      4. Implementation of findings from field or pilot
      5. Implementation of the national collection on juvenile justice
      6. Future developments or stages of the JJ NMDS
      7. Possible approaches for a national data collection on juvenile justice
  • End matter
    • Appendixes 
      • Appendix A: Juvenile justice National Minimum Data Set Project -- Reference Group members (September 2000)
      • Appendix B: Draft 1 Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set -- June 2000
      • Appendix C: Draft 2 Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set -- August 2000
      • Appendix D: Relevant juvenile justice orders/arrangements in each jurisdiction as provided by jurisdictions in August 2000
      • Appendix E: Map of State and Territory orders/arrangements to the NMDS Reason for intervention data domain - provided by jurisdictions - August 2000
    • References