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17 May 2017 - Corrected table totals were applied to supplementary table S20.
Youth justice in Australia 2015–16
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Topic: Youth justice
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Youth justice in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 03 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Youth justice in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2015–16. AIHW, 2017.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Youth justice in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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There were about 5,500 young people (aged 10 and older) under youth justice supervision in Australia on an average day in 2015–16, due to their involvement, or alleged involvement, in crime. This number has decreased by 21% over the 5 years to 2015–16. Around 4 in 5 (82%) young people under supervision on an average day were male. Most (84%) young people were supervised in the community and the remainder were in detention. Indigenous young people continued to be over-represented in the youth justice system: young Indigenous people were 17 times as likely as non-Indigenous young people to be under supervision on an average day.
- ISSN: 2205-5010 (PDF) 1446-9820 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-110-1
- Cat. no: AUS 211
- Pages: 25
Findings from this report:
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About 5,500 young people were under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2015–16
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There were 21 young people per 10,000 aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day, or 1 in every 476 young people
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84% of those under supervision on an average day were supervised in the community, and the remainder in detention
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Almost half (48%) of young people aged 10–17 under supervision on an average day were Indigenous