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Youth justice in Australia 2018–19

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Release Date: 15 May 2020
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Youth justice in Australia 2018–19. Cat. no. JUV 132. Canberra: AIHW.

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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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  • 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.

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

  • Of young people under supervision on an average day, 84% were supervised in the community and 17% were in detention.

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

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Youth justice in Australia 2018–19

15 May 2020

Previous releases

  • Youth justice in Australia 2017–18 10 May 2019
  • Youth justice in Australia 2016–17 25 May 2018
  • Youth justice in Australia 2015–16 31 Mar 2017
  • Youth justice in Australia 2014–15 27 Apr 2016
  • Youth justice in Australia 2013–14 29 Apr 2015
  • Youth justice in Australia 2012-13 17 Apr 2014
  • Youth justice in Australia 2011-12: an overview 30 Apr 2013
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2010-11: an overview 10 Aug 2012
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2009-10: an overview 21 Oct 2011
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2009-10 21 Oct 2011
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2008-09 14 Apr 2011
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2008-09: interim report - main tables 21 Dec 2010
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08 04 Nov 2009
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07 27 Aug 2008
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06 10 Aug 2007
  • Juvenile justice in Australia 2004-05 28 Mar 2007

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