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You are here: Home Reports & data Youth justice Youth justice in Australia 2018–19
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Youth justice in Australia 2018–19

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Release Date: 15 May 2020
Topic: Youth justice
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Youth justice in Australia 2018–19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 July 2022.

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Of the 5,694 young people under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2018–19, most were male (80%) and supervised in the community (84%). Overall rates of supervision varied among the states and territories, from 11 per 10,000 in Victoria to 61 per 10,000 in the Northern Territory. Supervision fell over the 5 years from 2014–15 to 2018–19 for community-based supervision, however rose for detention. 

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This release covers data up to 30 June 2019, preceding COVID-19.

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-671-7
  • Cat. no: JUV 132
  • Pages: 58
Findings from this report:
  • Indigenous young people aged 10–17 made up 50% of those under youth justice supervision.

  • On an average day in 2018–19, 5,694 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision.

  • 63% of young people in detention were unsentenced—that is, awaiting the outcome of their legal matter or sentencing.

  • Individual periods of supervision that were completed during 2018–19 lasted for a median of 132 days (over 4 months).

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Appendix 1: Data quality and technical notes (PDF 270KB)

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Juvenile Justice NMDS 2018–19

Last updated 28/04/2022 v8.0

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