Statistics on juvenile detention in Australia : 1981-2004
- Technical and background paper series, no. 18
- ISBN 0 642 53893 X ; ISSN 1445-7261
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2005
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Abstract
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of juveniles in detention in Australia from 1981 to 2004. It includes an analysis of the number and rate of juveniles in detention over time, as well as a detailed analysis of the financial year 2003/04. Statistics are derived from the Australian Institute of Criminology's Juveniles in detention dataset, which is compiled from reports submitted on a quarterly basis by the relevant juvenile justice authorities in each Australian jurisdiction. Separate figures are provided, for each state and territory, for males and females in detention, for different age groups, and for Indigenous and non Indigenous persons. Levels of Indigenous over representation are also calculated for each state and territory, 1994 to 2004.
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- General trends : 1981-2004
- Age of juvenile detainees
- Indigenous status
- Indigenous overrepresentation by jurisdiction
- Statistical review : financial year 2003-2004
- References
List of tables
- Table 1 : Jurisdictional differences in the definition of a juvenile
- Table 2a : Males aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention at 30 June 1981-2004
- Table 2b : Females aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention at 30 June 1981-2004
- Table 2c : Persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention at 30 June 1981-2004
- Table 2d : Percentage of persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention who are female at 30 June 1981-2004
- Table 3a : Number of persons aged 10 to 14 in juvenile detention at 30 June 1994-2004
- Table 3b : Number of persons aged 15 to 17 in juvenile detention at 30 June 1994-2004
- Table 4a : Number of Indigenous persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 4b : Rate of Indigenous persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 4c : Number of non-Indigenous persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 4d : Rate of non-Indigenous persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 4e : Number of persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 4f : Rate of persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 1994-2004
- Table 6a : Males aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 2003-2004
- Table 6b : Females aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 2003-2004
- Table 6c : Persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention, 2003-2004
- Table 7a : Number of persons aged 10 to 17 remanded or sentenced by jurisdiction in 2003-04
- Table 7b : Males aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention - sentenced males as a percentage of total males, 2003-2004
- Table 7c : Females aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention - sentenced females as a percentage of total females, 2003-2004
- Table 7d : Persons aged 10 to 17 in juvenile detention - sentenced persons as a percentage of total persons, 2003-2004
- Table 8: Number of persons aged 18 and over in juvenile detention, 2003-2004
- Table 9a : Number of males in juvenile detention (all ages), 2003-2004
- Table 9b : Number of females in juvenile detention (all ages), 2003-2004
- Table 9c : Number of persons in juvenile detention (all ages), 2003-2004
List of figures
- Figure 4a : Rate of Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons aged 10 to 17 years in juvenile detention in Australia and Indigenous overrepresentation ratio, 1994-2004
- Figure 5a : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in New South Wales, 1994-2004
- Figure 5b : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in Victoria, 1994-2004
- Figure 5c : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in Queensland, 1994-2004
- Figure 5d : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in Western Australia, 1994-2004
- Figure 5e : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in South Australia, 1994-2004
- Figure 5f : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in Tasmania, 1994-2004
- Figure 5g : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, 1994-2004
- Figure 5h : Level of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention in the Australian Capital Territory, 1994-2004