❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks data on the number of young offenders charged by WA Police between 2012 and 2015. The answer provides the requested data, along with a caveat regarding how offenders are counted.
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For each of the calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (year to date), how many young offenders were charged by WA police?
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Answered
11 May 2016
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
35 days
WA Police record the investigations and processing of young offenders, aged between 10 and 17, through the Incident Management System. The processing types for young offenders include:
‘Arrest’;
‘Cautioned – Juvenile (Oral)’;
‘Cautioned – Juvenile (Written)’;
‘Drug Diversion (Cannabis Intervention Requirement)’;
‘Gen/Crime Charge Preferred’;
‘Infringement – Traffic’;
‘Notice to Attend’;
‘Referred to JJT’;
‘Statute Barred’; and
‘Summonsed’.
The number of young offenders processed by WA Police is reflected in the below table:
Year Processed
Young Offenders Processed
2012
7 737
2013
7 023
2014
6 390
2015
6 440
Caveat: An offender is counted once per year regardless of the number of processing incidents, but the same offender may be counted across multiple years.
‘Arrest’;
‘Cautioned – Juvenile (Oral)’;
‘Cautioned – Juvenile (Written)’;
‘Drug Diversion (Cannabis Intervention Requirement)’;
‘Gen/Crime Charge Preferred’;
‘Infringement – Traffic’;
‘Notice to Attend’;
‘Referred to JJT’;
‘Statute Barred’; and
‘Summonsed’.
The number of young offenders processed by WA Police is reflected in the below table:
Year Processed
Young Offenders Processed
2012
7 737
2013
7 023
2014
6 390
2015
6 440
Caveat: An offender is counted once per year regardless of the number of processing incidents, but the same offender may be counted across multiple years.
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