A WA parliamentary question seeks data on the regional origin of juvenile offenders entering detention between 2008 and 2014. The answer provides a breakdown of receptions by region, highlighting the disproportionate number from the metropolitan area. The answer is repetitive.

AnsweredQoN 2467Legislative Assembly
Asked
26 June 2014
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
12 August 2014
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
47 days
(a) 397 reception (3.64% ) (b) 601 receptions (5.5%) (c) 113 receptions (1.03%) (d) 306 receptions (2.8%) (e) 313 receptions (2.87%) (f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(b) 601 receptions (5.5%) (c) 113 receptions (1.03%) (d) 306 receptions (2.8%) (e) 313 receptions (2.87%) (f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(c) 113 receptions (1.03%) (d) 306 receptions (2.8%) (e) 313 receptions (2.87%) (f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(d) 306 receptions (2.8%) (e) 313 receptions (2.87%) (f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(e) 313 receptions (2.87%) (f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(f) 402 receptions (3.68%) (g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(g) 337 receptions (3.09%) (h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(h) 318 receptions (2.91%) (i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(i) 158 receptions (1.45%) (j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
(j) 7959 receptions (72.89%) Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.
Please note that where the detainee was received more than once each reception is counted.

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