Crime and criminal justice statistics
Juvenile offenders
Juvenile and adult offenders, rate per 100,000 relevant persons, 1995-96 to 2005-06
Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002-2006. Population by age and sex, Australian states and territories (various issues). ABS cat. no. 3201.0. Canberra: ABS
Victoria Police 1992-2006. Victoria Police crime statistics (various issues). Melbourne: Victoria Police
South Australia Police 1996-2006. Statistical review/Annual report (various issues). Adelaide: SAPOL
Queensland Police Service 1992-2006. Annual statistical review (various issues). Brisbane: QPS
Further information
- Selected offender profiles : alleged offenders (Chapter 4 from Australian crime : facts and figures 2007)
Other charts/fact sheets
- Experiences of neglect and abuse amongst juvenile detainees
- Drug use by young serious offenders
- Juvenile detention rates 1994-2003
- Indigenous juvenile detention rates 1994-2002
- Pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile offending
Other publications and data sources
- Juveniles in detention in Australia
Annually produced report on juveniles in Australian corrective institutions. - Juvenile justice in Australia
Annually produced report. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Alcohol, drugs and crime : a study of juveniles in detention
Jeremy Prichard and Jason Payne, 2005 - Young offenders statistics
NSW Commission for Children and Young People - Crime and justice in South Australia : juvenile justice 2004 (PDF 1087kB)
South Australia Office of Crime Statistics and Research - Profile of young offenders : national comparison
Jo Sallybanks, 2003 - Pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile offending
Anna Stewart, Susan Dennison and Elissa Waterson, 2002 - Juveniles as offenders
Satyanshu Mukherjee, Carlos Carcach and Karl Higgins. Juvenile crime and justice : Australia 1997 - Youth as victims and offenders of homicide
Carlos Carcach, 1997
Related links
- Topic: Young people and crime
- Statistics: Juveniles in detention