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South AustraliaTable 7.4.4SA, Indigenous and non-Indigenous juvenile apprehensionsand diversions a, bUnit Indigenous Non-Indigenous1 January to 31 December 2005Juvenile apprehensions c no. 1 248 4 439Formal caution no. 258 1 257Transfer to family conference no. 186 751Proportion diverted % 35.6 45.21 January to 31 December 2004Juvenile apprehensions c no. 1 054 4 018Formal caution no. 200 1 247Transfer to family conference no. 181 837Proportion diverted % 36.1 51.9a Aboriginal appearance, derived from police apprehension reports, reflects the opinion of the apprehendingofficer. b Juvenile diversions include both formal cautions and transfers to a family conference. c Numbers ofjuvenile apprehensions exclude those offences with an unknown method of processing.Source: Office of Crime Statistics and Research (2005 and 2006); table 7A.4.20.• Table 7.4.4 shows that a smaller proportion of Indigenous juveniles werediverted via formal caution and transfer to family conference in 2004 and 2005than non-Indigenous juveniles.• In 2005, the proportion of Indigenous juveniles in SA diverted from courtdecreased slightly to 35.6 per cent of Indigenous juvenile apprehensionscompared to 2004 (table 7.4.4).42

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