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Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 November 2024. doi:10.25816/e5pz-g736
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/e5pz-g736
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20. AIHW, 2021. doi:10.25816/e5pz-g736
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20. Canberra: AIHW; 2021. doi:10.25816/e5pz-g736
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/e5pz-g736
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Of young people aged 10–17 who were under sentenced youth justice supervision at some time between 2000–01 and 2019–20, 41% returned to sentenced supervision before turning 18. Of young people aged 10–16 in 2018–19 and released from sentenced community-based supervision, 38% returned to sentenced supervision within 6 months, and 54% within 12 months. Of those released from sentenced detention, 61% returned within 6 months, and 80% within 12 months.
95% of young people who returned to sentenced supervision received a community-based sentence first
Young people who received a detention sentence were the most likely to return to sentenced supervision
Indigenous young people were more likely than non-Indigenous young people to return to sentenced supervision
80% of those released from sentenced detention in 2018–19 returned to supervision within 12 months
Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2019–20