Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Juvenile justice in Australia 2004-05, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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Juvenile justice series,, no. 2, 1833-3230

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has worked with the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators (AJJA) to develop nationally consistent data on [...] juvenile justice supervision. This report is based on two data collections of the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (NMDS). The Juvenile Justice NMDS contains information on the movement of young people through supervision and the services received

Introduction: Background to the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set; The Juvenile justice process in Australia -- National juvenile justice data: scope definitions and interpretational issues -- Young person characteristics: number of young people in supervision; Number of males and females in supervision; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in supervision; Relationships between sex, age and Indigenous status; Age of initial juvenile justice supervision; Average daily numbers: In community supervision; in detention; in juvenile justice supervision; Juvenile justice supervision: community supervision and detention; Sex comparisons; Age comparisons; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people; Reason for exit from episodes; Age at first supervision; Age at first detention -- Appendices: Juvenile justice legislation in Australia; Key elements of juvenile justice systems in each state and territory

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