This WA parliamentary question seeks data on the regional origin of juvenile offenders entering detention between November 2008 and May 2013, aiming to understand the geographic distribution of youth crime. The answer provides raw figures and percentages for each region.

AnsweredQoN 163Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 May 2013
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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What number (expressed both as a raw figure and percentage) of juvenile offenders entering detention between 1 November 2008 and the present time were from each of the following regions:
(a) the Kimberley region;
(b) the Pilbara region;
(c) the Gascoyne region;
(d) the Mid-West region;
(e) the Goldfields-Esperance region;
(f) the Wheatbelt region;
(g) the Peel region;
(h) the South West region;
(i) the Great Southern region; and
(j) the metropolitan region?

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Answered
11 June 2013
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
35 days
(a) 307 receptions (3.35%).
(b) 508 receptions (5.55%).
(c) 100 receptions (1.09%).
(d) 251 receptions (2.74%).
(e) 249 receptions (2.72%).
(f) 319 receptions (3.48%).
(g) 288 receptions (3.14%).
(h) 258 receptions (2.82%).
(i) 128 receptions (1.40%).
(j) 6750 receptions (73.71%).
Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each
reception is counted.

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