This paper uses a case study of the Western Australian population to illustrate the extent to which Australia's largest birth cohort have engaged in higher levels of criminal activity compared with smaller birth cohorts. Official Australian crime statistics indicate that individual offence levels peak around 15–24 years of age and decline thereafter. Change in this...

This paper investigates how the declining proportion of younger people and increasing proportion of older people in the population has reduced past crime levels and should reduce future crime levels. Official crime statistics suggest that young people aged 24 years and under make the greatest contribution to a population’s overall crime levels. A decline in...

This paper reviews the evidence on policies and programs that reduce offending by Indigenous juveniles in Australia. Indigenous juveniles (those aged 10 to 16 years in Queensland and 10 to 17 years in all other jurisdictions) are over-represented at all stages of the criminal justice system, and their over-representation becomes more pronounced at the most...