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VictoriaTable 7.4.2Victoria, Indigenous and non-Indigenous juvenile allegedoffenders and cautions aUnit Indigenous Non-Indigenous2005-06Total juvenile alleged offenders no. 1 607 24 230Juvenile cautions no. 157 6 398Proportion of juveniles cautioned % 9.8 26.42004-05Total juvenile alleged offenders no. 1 551 23 548Juvenile cautions no. 181 5 501Proportion of juveniles cautioned % 11.7 23.42003-04Total juvenile alleged offenders no. 1 476 19 938Juvenile cautions no. 162 5 873Proportion of juveniles cautioned % 11.0 29.52002-03Total juvenile alleged offenders no. 1 424 22 194Juvenile cautions no. 198 6 524Proportion of juveniles cautioned % 13.9 29.4a Indigenous status is derived from the racial appearance of the offender which is a subjective assessment ofthe police officer.Source: Victoria Police (unpublished); tables 7A.4.5–8.• In 2005-06, the proportion of non-Indigenous juvenile alleged offenders inVictoria who received a caution was 2.7 times as high as the proportion ofIndigenous juvenile alleged offenders cautioned (26.4 per cent compared to9.8 per cent) (table 7.4.2).• Table 7.4.2 shows that the proportion of Indigenous juvenile alleged offenderscautioned by police in Victoria decreased from 2002-03 to 2005-06(13.9 per cent in 2002-03 compared to 9.8 per cent in 2005-06). The proportionof non-Indigenous juveniles cautioned by police also decreased over this period.• The highest number of cautions issued to Indigenous and non-Indigenousjuvenile alleged offenders in Victoria in 2004-05 and 2005-06 were for ‘theft’(stealing from a shop) (tables 7A.4.9 and 7A.4.10).• In 2004-05 and 2005-06, the proportion of Indigenous juvenile alleged offendersin Victoria who received a caution was highest in outer regional areas(13.3 per cent in 2005-06) compared with 9.3 per cent in major cities and8.5 per cent in inner regional areas (tables 7A.4.11 and 7A.4.12). A similar38

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