The Juvenile Justice national minimum data set is based on the experience of the young person within juvenile justice supervision, making it somewhat different to other criminal justice collections, which focus on legal orders. The data in this first report of the new data set covers this three-year period, with the main focus of findings...

Research shows that young people who come to the attention of criminal justice agencies have multiple problems and experience high levels of need across all areas of functioning. Correctional agencies are increasingly influenced by the 'what works' model of rehabilitation. Andrew Day, Kevin Howells and Debra Rickwood outline a case management framework for rehabilitating juvenile...

This bulletin reports on the history of the development of the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (NMDS), and provides an overview of its content.

The NSW Youth Drug Court (YDC) pilot program is aimed at reducing offending and drug use amongst young people who have become entrenched in the criminal justice system. Many participants have a range of other difficulties including poor educational achievement, dysfunctional family backgrounds and psychological problems. The YDC attempts to address this wide range of...

In this report Roza Lozusic explores what youth gangs are, how and why they form, and how they're preceived by the public. She examines the ethnic gang debate in NSW, and outlines the legislative and other initiatives targeted at gangs, in particular those aimed at preventing the formation of youth gangs and youth gang criminal...