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(cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />

Selected recidivism <strong>research</strong> 1995–2006<br />

Publication<br />

year Title Key recidivism f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs Comments<br />

Author<br />

Police apprehension reports may <strong>in</strong>clude<br />

multiple offences <strong>and</strong> not <strong>in</strong>clude other<br />

diversionary options such as police caution<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Exploratory analysis revealed that the 12<br />

month apprehension result was higher for<br />

males <strong>and</strong> Indigenous offenders.<br />

This South <strong>Australia</strong>n study looked at the<br />

extent of juvenile contact with the police.<br />

Us<strong>in</strong>g police apprehension reports from<br />

the year 2000 the analysis found that:<br />

• 5,352 young people aged between 10 <strong>and</strong><br />

17 accounted for 8,992 apprehensions<br />

• 70% of these young people were apprehended<br />

on just one occasions with 12 months<br />

• 15% were apprehended twice, 7% three times<br />

<strong>and</strong> 8% four or more times <strong>in</strong> 12 months.<br />

Police apprehension reports may <strong>in</strong>clude multiple<br />

offences so analysis was also undertaken to<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>e the total number of alleged offences<br />

recorded by these young people <strong>in</strong> 2000:<br />

• 48% of the young people had only one<br />

alleged offence <strong>in</strong> 12 months<br />

• 21% had two alleged offences, 11%<br />

had three <strong>and</strong> the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 20% had<br />

four or more alleged offences.<br />

Doherty J 2002 Repeat contact<br />

with the juvenile<br />

justice system:<br />

apprehensions<br />

by police<br />

Appendix A<br />

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