Patterns of alleged offending amongst Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1997–2019

Author:

He Vincent Yaofeng1ORCID,Condon John R.1ORCID,Malvaso Catia G.2,Williams Tamika1,Liddle Leanne34,Blagg Harry5,Guthridge Steven1

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research Charles Darwin University Darwin Northern Territory Australia

2. School of Psychology, and School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia

3. Department of Attorney‐General and Justice Aboriginal Justice Unit Darwin Northern Territory Australia

4. Menzies School of Health Research Darwin Northern Territory Australia

5. Law School University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia

Abstract

AbstractIn Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are much more likely to be arrested, charged with criminal offences and imprisoned than other Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders comprise 49% of young people in detention but only 5.8% of the Australian population aged 10–17. This study investigated changes between 1997 and 2019 in the interaction of Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal young people with the justice system in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. The prevalence of young people being charged with an alleged offence decreased by more than 60% between 1999 and 2001, co‐incident with the introduction of the Juvenile Diversion Scheme in August 2000. Thereafter, for non‐Aboriginal young people there was a small and temporary increase, but for Aboriginal young people prevalence increased almost back to pre‐2000 levels by 2015 before starting to decrease. Aboriginal young people comprised 57% of those charged with any offence in 1997, rising to 88% in 2019. Further investigation is needed to understand the reasons for divergent trends in the prevalence of alleged offending for Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal young people, which may include the role of diversion, differences in the nature of offences and systemic bias and racism.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Sociology and Political Science

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