Juvenile detention centre
Glossary Item Attributes
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 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 25/08/2011 |
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use this glossary item: | Age at first detention Health, Standard 25/08/2011 Incarceration history cluster Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Number of times in prison or juvenile detention Health, Standard 25/08/2011 Prison dischargee—first time in prison or juvenile detention indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health, Standard 28/04/2016 Prison dischargee—first time in prison or juvenile detention indicator, yes/no code N Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Prison entrant—number of times in prison or juvenile detention Health, Standard 25/08/2011 Prison entrant—number of times in prison or juvenile detention, prisoner health total N[NN] Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 Prison entrant—number of times in prison or juvenile detention, total number N[N] Health, Standard 25/08/2011 Prisoner health NBEDS Health, Standard 28/04/2016 Prisoner health NBEDS 2018 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 Prisoner health NBEDS 2022 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |