The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has today released a statistical report titled Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06. This report provides data on all young people in both community-based and detention-based juvenile justice supervision throughout Australia. It is based on the experience of the young person in supervision, rather than on legal orders. The report presents data for 2005-06 as well as analyses of trends in community-based supervision and detention since 2000-01. It includes data on the characteristics of the young people under supervision such as age, sex and Indigenous status, and their patterns of supervision over time.

The report is available from the AIHW website at: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10497.