Youth detention population in Australia 2016
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Youth detention population in Australia 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 19 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Youth detention population in Australia 2016. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2016. AIHW, 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2016. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Youth detention population in Australia 2016, AIHW, Canberra.
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This bulletin presents information on the youth detention population in Australia, focusing on quarterly trends from June 2012 to June 2016. There were just over 900 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2016, just over half (57%) of whom were unsentenced. Numbers and rates of young people in detention dropped slightly over the 4 years, despite a slight increase in the most recent year. Just over half (55%) of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous.
- ISSN: 2205-5010 (PDF) 1446-9820 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-028-9
- Cat. no: AUS 210
- Pages: 24
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About 900 young people were in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2016
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57% of young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2016 were unsentenced
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55% of all young people in detention on an average night were Indigenous
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The number and rate of young people in detention on an average night decreased over 4 years to the June quarter 2016