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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.
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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 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
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