This is the fourth report on young people under juvenile justice supervision in Australia, and includes information on the characteristics of young people in community-based supervision and detention in 2006–07 and the type and length of supervision they experience, as well as patterns of supervision over time and analyses of trends. This is the fourth report on young people under juvenile justice supervision in Australia, and includes information on the characteristics of young people in community-based supervision and detention in 2006–07 and the type and length of supervision they experience, as well as patterns of supervision over time and analyses of trends.

Main findings of the report included:

* Number of young people under supervision
* Over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
* The younger people were when they were first supervised, the more likely they were to reenter juvenile justice supervision.