Conference Papers

Some trends in officially recorded youth offending : a state-by-state comparison

Joy Wundersitz

Published in:
National Conference on Juvenile Justice: proceedings of a conference held 22-24 September 1992
Lynn Atkinson and Sally-Anne Gerull (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 19620 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 22)

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Abstract

This paper examines trends in officially recorded youth crime across six Australian jurisdictions, using statistics relating to the total numbers of young people processed by the system, either by way of a police caution, panel hearing or court appearance. By comparing these offence statistics Wundersitz seeks to determine whether, and to what extent, the situation varies from one state to another. (Extracted from a chapter in "Juvenile justice : debating the issues", edited by Fay Gale, Ngaire Naffine and Joy Wundersitz)