❓ Mr. Papalia asks about recidivism rates of male Indigenous juvenile offenders. The response provides one statistic and declines to answer the remaining questions without a specified release year or series of years for comparison.
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(1) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence (including each exit and/or return, but excluding imprisonment for fine default only and returns for fine default or breach early release order)?
(2) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within one year of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
(3) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within two years of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
(4) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within five years of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
(2) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within one year of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
(3) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within two years of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
(4) What percentage of male juvenile indigenous offenders re-offend within five years of release, resulting in a new custodial sentence, after having completed their first custodial sentence?
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Answered
12 June 2013
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
36 days
(1) 70.63% of male juvenile Indigenous offenders who were released on or
after 1 January 2001 returned to either juvenile detention or adult custody. 1
January 2001 is the earliest date of available juvenile records on the
record keeping system.
(2)-(4) Any data provided for a particular year of release for offenders
would not be statistically significant without having a discrete series of
years in order to make a comparison. The Member may wish to specify a release
year or a series of years in order for statistical comparisons between release
cohorts to be made.
after 1 January 2001 returned to either juvenile detention or adult custody. 1
January 2001 is the earliest date of available juvenile records on the
record keeping system.
(2)-(4) Any data provided for a particular year of release for offenders
would not be statistically significant without having a discrete series of
years in order to make a comparison. The Member may wish to specify a release
year or a series of years in order for statistical comparisons between release
cohorts to be made.
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