The University of Sydney and Youth Justice New South Wales signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in July 2021. This MoU builds on various prior collaborative activities between the two organisations and related work in other jurisdictions. This paper reflects on the progress and challenges of collaboration of this kind.

The aim of this study is to undertake a descriptive analysis of data on persons under 18 years (ie: juveniles) who were proceeded against by police for a sexual offence between 2008–09 and 2020–21. This study follows on from a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2022), which examined sexual offences committed by...

This document outlines the Victorian government’s response to the 'Yoorrook for justice' report, which was the culmination of a year-long inquiry into Victoria's child protection and criminal justice systems.

This report looks at young people who were under youth justice supervision in Australia during 2022–23 because of their involvement or alleged involvement in crime. It explores the key aspects of supervision, both in the community and in detention, as well as recent trends.

This paper outlines a retrospective follow-up study of all Victorian children aged 10 to 13 years with police contact for alleged offending in 2017.