NCJ Number
233800
Date Published
December 2010
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This interim report contains the main tables from the forthcoming "Juvenile Justice in Australia 2008-09" (full report), which provides data on youth under the supervision of Australia's juvenile justice system.
Abstract
In Australia, approximately 7,200 youth were under juvenile justice supervision on any given day in 2008-09, and approximately 14,500 youth were under supervision at some time during the year. Nearly 90 percent of those under supervision on an average day were under community-based supervision; the remainder were in detention. Approximately 20 percent of youth under supervision during the year were both detained and under community-based supervision during the year (at different times). Although Indigenous youth continue to be overrepresented under community-based supervision and in detention, there was a small decrease in the level of overrepresentation. In Australia, responsibility for juvenile justice is with the States and Territories and involves both juvenile justice agencies and other justice agencies such as the police and the courts. The data presented in this report are derived from data collected by the States and Territories. Western Australia provided only limited data in a non-standard format for 2008-09; and the Northern Territory did not provide any data for 2008-09. Approximate national totals were calculated using available data. Extensive tables