Youth justice in Australia 2013–14

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Release Date: 29 Apr 2015

Topic: Youth justice

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015) Youth justice in Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Youth justice in Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2013–14. AIHW, 2015.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW; 2015.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2015, Youth justice in Australia 2013–14, AIHW, Canberra.

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There were 6,100 young people under youth justice supervision in Australia on an average day in 2013–14, due to their involvement, or alleged involvement, in crime. This number has fallen from about 6,400 in 2012–13. Most (85%) of these young people were supervised in the community and the remainder were in detention. Young people spent 26 weeks, on average, under supervision during the year.

ISSN: 1446-9820
ISBN: 978-1-74249-698-6
Cat. no: AUS 188
Pages: 24

Findings from this report:

About 6,100 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2013–14
There were 23 young people per 10,000 aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day, or 1 in every 433 young people
85% of those under supervision on an average day were supervised in the community, and the remainder in detention
82% of young people under supervision on an average day were male

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