Prison entrant—age at first detention, total years NN[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Age at first detention |
Synonymous names: | Age at first incarceration |
METEOR identifier: | 697137 |
Registration status: | Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |
Definition: | A prison entrant's age (in years) at the time of their first detention within a corrective services facility. |
Data Element Concept: | Prison entrant—age at first detention |
Value Domain: | Total years NN[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NN[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values: | 999 | Unknown |
Unit of measure: | Year |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For use in Prisoner health data collections. If this value domain is used with other metadata then 'Unknown' would map to code 998. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | Individuals who experience detention at a younger age often experience multiple periods of detention (AIHW 2008). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2008. Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07. Juvenile justice series no. 4. Cat no. JUV 4. Canberra:AIHW |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Prison entrant—age at first detention, total years N[NN] Health, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Incarceration history cluster Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison entrants NBEDS 2018 Health, Qualified 07/03/2024 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison entrant being previously detained in a prison or juvenile justice centre. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Entrants Form: 15c. What was your age at first detention? Prison entrants NBEDS 2022 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison entrant being previously detained in a prison or juvenile justice centre. DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following questions of the Prison Entrants Form: 15c. What was your age at first detention? |