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Major legislation

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• Children and Young People Act 1999
• Crimes Act 1900
• Criminal Code 2002
• Supervision of Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985
• Bail Act 1992

New South Wales

• Young Offenders Act 1997
• Children's Court Act 1987
• Children (Community Services Orders) Act 1987
• Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987
• Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
• Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997
• Crimes Act 1900
• Summary Offences Act 1988
• Evidence (Children) Act 1997
• Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
• Bail Act 1978

Northern Territory

• Juvenile Justice Act 1983
• Criminal Code Act 1983
• Summary Offences Act 1978
• Police Administration Act 1978
• Sentencing Act 1995
• Bail Act 1982

Queensland

• Juvenile Justice Act 1992
• Children's Court Act 1992
• Criminal Code Act 1899
• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
• Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
• Bail Act 1980

South Australia

• Young Offenders Act 1993
• Youth Court Act 1993
• Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935
• Summary Offences Act 1953
• Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988
• Bail Act 1985

Tasmania

• Youth Justice Act 1997
• Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
• Criminal Code Act 1924
• Sentencing Act 1997
• Bail Act 1994

Victoria

• Children and Young Persons Act 1989
• Crimes Act 1958
• Summary Offences Act 1966
• Sentencing Act 1991
• Bail Act 1977

Western Australia

• Young Offenders Act 1994
• Children's Court of Western Australia Act 1988
• Children's Welfare Act 1947
• Criminal Code
• Police Act 1892
• Sentencing Act 1995
• Bail Act 1982

Recent publications

• Youth (in)justice: Oral language competence in early life and risk for engagement in antisocial behaviour in adolescence
  12 April 2012
• Technical and background paper: Measuring juvenile recidivism in Australia
  24 May 2011
• What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offenders?
  23 February 2011
• Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation
  23 March 2010
• Covert and cyber bullying
  26 February 2010
• Juveniles' contact with the criminal justice system in Australia
  28 September 2009
• Intrafamilial adolescent sex offenders: psychological profile and treatment
  22 July 2009
• Adolescence, pornography and harm
  04 March 2009
• Implementing safer school leavers' celebrations
  22 November 2007
• Targeting youth gangs at a grassroots level
  02 October 2007
• Pre-court diversion in the Northern Territory : impact on juvenile reoffending
  04 June 2007
• Child protection and Indigenous status
  01 August 2006
• Juvenile justice supervision in Australia
  20 June 2006
• Experiences of neglect and abuse amongst juvenile detainees
  14 March 2006
• A micro-simulation model of the juvenile justice system in Queensland
  04 February 2006

Recent events

• Young people, risk and resilience: The challenges of alcohol, drugs and violence conference
  07 March 2011
• Multi-problem risk profiles of youth in custody
  15 February 2011
• The role of schools in crime prevention
  01 October 2002
• Children, Young People and Communities - The Future is in our Hands
  27 March 2001
• Children and crime : victims and offenders
  11 June 1999