The report Juvenile justice in Australia 2007–08, released earlier this month by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), shows that the number of young people in juvenile justice detention in Australia is increasing.

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has recently released a report - Does circle sentencing reduce Aboriginal offending?

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• View PDF version of report "Does circle sentencing reduce Aboriginal offending?" (pdf 312Kb).

The Consequences Aren't Minor: The Impact of Trying Youth as Adults and Strategies for Reform

The report from the United States contains "comprehensive information on the processes and policies that send youth to the adult criminal justice system, data on who is affected and real-life examples of individual youth who have been personally affected" by laws approved during the unjustified hysteria generated by the myth of "roving bands of super-violent youth" (p. 4). Chapters cover: how a youth ends up in the adult justice system; key findings; the opportunity for change; and recommendations.

Read it online at http://nicic.org/Library/022218.