Juvenile detention centre
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| Synonymous names: | Youth detention centre, juvenile justice centre, juvenile holding centre, youth residential centre |
| METEOR identifier: | 398978 |
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| Definition: | A place administered and operated by a department responsible for juvenile justice, where young people under the age of 18 years are detained while under the supervision of the department on a pre-sentence or sentenced detention episode. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | In Australia juvenile justice is the responsibility of the states and territories. There are differences in the legislation relating to juvenile justice in each state and territory. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2010. The health of Australia's prisoners 2009. Cat. no. PHE 123. Canberra: AIHW. |
| Reference documents: | AIHW 2009. Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08. Juvenile justice series no. 5. Cat. no. JUV 5. Canberra: AIHW. |
Relational attributes | |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Age at first detention
Incarceration history cluster
Number of times in prison or juvenile detention
Prison dischargee—first time in prison or juvenile detention indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N
Prison dischargee—first time in prison or juvenile detention indicator, yes/no code N
Prison entrant—number of times in prison or juvenile detention
Prison entrant—number of times in prison or juvenile detention, total number N[N]
Prisoner health NBEDS
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