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juvenile justice system and 2 496 appeared in court on their first contact (GriffithUniversity 2005).Figure 9.2.5 Queensland, proportion of juvenile repeat offenders who had afinalised court appearance, by nature of first contact with thejuvenile justice system and sex, 1983 birth cohort a, b6050IndigenousNon-IndigenousPer cent403020100Male, cautionas firstcontactMale, courtas firstcontactFemale,caution asfirst contactFemale, courtas firstcontactPerson,caution asfirst contactPerson,court as firstcontacta Proportions were calculated as part of a project examining the link between child maltreatment, policecautioning and juvenile re-offending by following all children born in a 1983 Queensland birth cohort until theage of 17 through any contact they had with the former Department of Families regarding a child protectionmatter and/or juvenile justice matter that required the child to appear in court or be held in custody. b Twoyoung people were missing information on the variable sex and were excluded.Source: Griffith University (2005); table 9A.2.8.• The proportion of juvenile repeat offenders who had a finalised court appearanceafter receiving a caution was similar for Indigenous and non-Indigenous malesand females in the 1983 Queensland birth cohort (figure 9.2.5). For Indigenousand non-Indigenous males, 48.2 per cent and 49.9 per cent, respectively, had afinalised court appearance after receiving a caution. The difference between therates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous females was slightly greater(42.1 per cent of Indigenous females had a finalised court appearance afterreceiving a caution compared to 45.0 per cent of non-Indigenous females)(figure 9.2.5).• The proportion of repeat offenders who had a finalised court appearance aftertheir first contact with the juvenile justice system led to a court appearance wassimilar for males and females, although rates for Indigenous males and femaleswere slightly greater than non-Indigenous males and females (figure 9.2.5).• For both Indigenous and non-Indigenous juveniles, greater proportionsre-offended if their first contact with the juvenile justice system was court ratherthan a caution (46.6 per cent of Indigenous juveniles re-offended after receivingOVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007