Juvenile justice trends in Australia

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Juvenile justice trends in Australia Rachel Aalders

Key points Relatively few young people are involved in the juvenile justice system Significant and ongoing over-representation of Indigenous young people Changes in the use of detention Impact of factors at the state and territory level

Juvenile justice system in Australia State and territory responsibility Involves police, courts, juvenile justice agencies, parole boards Young person 10–17 years (10–16 years in Qld) 18+ in some cases

Juvenile justice system—overview

Juvenile justice data and reports Juvenile justice in Australia (AIHW) Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Unit-record data from 2000–01 Data in presentation 2007–08 Criminal Courts (ABS) Finalised defendants Children’s Court data from 2006–07 Recorded crime—offenders (ABS) People proceeded against by police Data on children aged 10 years and older from 2007–08

Only a few are supervised For 10–17 year olds, each year: 65,000 proceeded against by police 25,000 defendants in Children’s Courts 14,000 supervised by juvenile justice agencies 6,000 in detention

National trends in supervision rates

National trends—community

National trends—detention

National trends in detention—legal status

Community and detention rates

Community-based supervision—Indigenous status (rates)

Detention—Indigenous status (rates)

Detention—legal status (rates)

Trends in remand

Trends in sentenced detention

Report availability All AIHW publications available for free to download https://www.aihw.gov.au http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm Juvenile justice report series http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/series/405 Juvenile justice subject page http://www.aihw.gov.au/phjj/juvenilejustice

Contact details Rachel Aalders Senior Project Manager, Juvenile Justice Child and Youth Welfare Unit rachel.aalders@aihw.gov.au juvenilejustice@aihw.gov.au 02 6244 1112

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