Youth detention population in Australia 2021
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Topic: Youth justice
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Youth detention population in Australia 2021, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 October 2024. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Youth detention population in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2021. AIHW, 2021. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Youth detention population in Australia 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2021. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Youth detention population in Australia 2021, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/9qqw-c239
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This report presents information on the youth detention population in Australia from June 2017 to June 2021. Among the 819 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2021, most were male (91%), aged 10–17 (83%) and unsentenced (72%). Half (50%) were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Over the 4-year period, the numbers fluctuated across quarters, decreasing overall, from 958 in the June quarter 2017.
- ISBN: ISBN 978-1-76054-937-4
- DOI: 10.25816/9qqw-c239
- Cat. no: JUV 136
- Pages: 36
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