Youth justice in Australia 2021-22
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Topic: Youth justice
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Youth justice in Australia 2021-22, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 22 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Youth justice in Australia 2021-22. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2021-22. AIHW, 2023.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth justice in Australia 2021-22. Canberra: AIHW; 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2023, Youth justice in Australia 2021-22, AIHW, Canberra.
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Of the 4,536 young people under youth justice supervision on an average day in 2021–22, most were male (81%) and supervised in the community (82%). Overall rates of supervision varied among the states and territories, from 5.8 per 10,000 in Victoria to 46 per 10,000 in the Northern Territory. Rates of supervision fell over the 5 years from 2017–18 to 2021–22 for community-based supervision and detention.
- ISBN: 978-1-922802-66-8
- Cat. no: JUV 140
- Pages: 68
Findings from this report:
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On an average day in 2021–22, 4,536 young people aged 10 and over were under youth justice supervision
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82% of young people under supervision on an average day were supervised in the community and the remainder in detention
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The number of young people under supervision on an average day fell by 18% between 2017–18 and 2021–22