Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 December 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview. AIHW, 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview, AIHW, Canberra.
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Almost 7,000 young people were under youth justice supervision in Australia on an average day in 2011–12, due to their involvement or alleged involvement in crime. About 6,000 young people were supervised in the community and the remaining 1,000 were in detention. Young people spent a total of 6 months, on average, under supervision during the year.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-418-0
- Cat. no: AUS 170
- Pages: 23
Findings from this report:
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About 7,000 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2011–12
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There were 26 young people per 10,000 aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day, or 1 in every 385 young people
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86% of those under supervision on an average day were supervised in the community, and the remainder in detention
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39% of young people under supervision on an average day were Indigenous