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APPENDIX EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS DATA


INTRODUCTION

This appendix presents experimental data for Indigenous persons in community-based corrections. Data are presented as the number of Indigenous persons on community-based corrections orders on the first day of the month.

An initial evaluation of the quality of Indigenous identification by the ABS in community-based corrections has highlighted that currently no jurisdiction is fully complying with the ABS Standard Indigenous Question (SIQ - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 18); therefore, care should be taken when referring to this data. The extent to which jurisdictions are complying with the standard varies. Currently, Tasmania is complying with most SIQ requirements, but does not necessarily re-ask the question on each occasion that an individual commences an order under corrective services supervision. The remaining jurisdictions have more significant issues to overcome before they comply with the SIQ, and the ABS will continue to work with states and territories to better understand and improve the quality of this data item. It should be noted that at the time of publication, the SIQ recording processes applied in Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory are yet to be confirmed.

A1 Persons in Community-Based Corrections, By Indigenous status(a)(b)
		NSW	Vic.(c)	Qld	SA(d)	WA(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(c)(e)
INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2005		2 842	378	2 054	714	1 638	111	777	100	8 613
2006		2 908	324	2 146	746	1 777	141	846	81	8 969
2006
	Sep Qtr	2 908	319	2 112	785	1 792	147	866	82	9 010
	Dec Qtr	3 054	314	2 134	786	1 722	134	872	86	9 101
2007
	Mar Qtr	3 103	312	2 132	791	r1 694	140	896	93	r9 162
	Jun Qtr	3 176	327	2 178	800	r1 634	137	884	98	r9 235
	Sep Qtr	3 282	353	2 323	837	1 584	135	888	102	9 504
	Jul	3 316	347	2 241	812	1 592	134	895	103	9 440
	Aug	3 300	352	2 334	848	1 584	135	899	103	9 555
	Sep	3 230	359	2 394	850	1 577	136	871	99	9 516
NON-INDIGENOUS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2005		14 062	7 143	9 227	4 588	3 907	756	330	806	40 817
2006		13 835	6 675	9 978	4 793	3 613	946	307	876	41 024
2006
	Sep Qtr	13 927	6 368	9 941	4 794	3 563	958	309	914	40 774
	Dec Qtr	13 704	6 404	10 056	4 819	3 511	958	309	959	40 720
2007
	Mar Qtr	13 701	6 531	9 833	4 789	3 557	989	297	939	40 636
	Jun Qtr	13 824	6 607	10 188	4 802	r3 525	991	290	929	r41 156
	Sep Qtr	14 010	6 727	10 429	4 801	3 559	958	298	958	41 740
	Jul	14 185	6 621	10 381	4 802	3 499	969	293	942	41 692
	Aug	14 073	6 692	10 354	4 794	3 565	952	303	962	41 695
	Sep	13 771	6 868	10 553	4 806	3 614	954	298	970	41 834
UNKNOWN (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2005		1 296	864	386	370	8	200	4	223	3 351
2006		1 101	602	-	58	4	97	2	125	1 988
2006
	Sep Qtr	1 107	507	-	56	2	83	-	111	1 865
	Dec Qtr	1 025	595	-	52	3	124	2	69	1 869
2007
	Mar Qtr	1 057	606	-	54	r1	107	3	62	r1 889
	Jun Qtr	1 061	618	-	50	2	38	1	72	1 842
	Sep Qtr	815	689	-	45	7	27	1	88	1 672
	Jul	676	670	-	41	1	27	-	86	1 501
	Aug	774	681	-	44	7	25	1	86	1 618
	Sep	995	717	-	51	12	28	2	93	1 898
PERSONS (NUMBER ON FIRST DAY OF MONTH)
2005		18 200	8 384	11 667	5 672	5 553	1 067	1 110	1 128	52 782
2006		17 843	7 601	12 124	5 597	5 395	1 184	1 155	1 082	51 981
2006
	Sep Qtr	17 941	7 193	12 053	5 635	5 357	1 187	1 176	1 107	51 649
	Dec Qtr	17 783	7 313	12 190	5 657	5 236	1 216	1 182	1 114	51 690
2007
	Mar Qtr	17 860	7 449	11 966	5 635	r5 252	1 236	1 196	1 094	r51 687
	Jun Qtr	18 061	7 552	12 365	5 653	r5 160	1 166	1 175	1 099	r52 232
	Sep Qtr	18 107	7 769	12 752	5 683	5 150	1 120	1 187	1 148	52 916
	Jul	18 177	7 638	12 622	5 655	5 092	1 130	1 188	1 131	52 633
	Aug	18 147	7 725	12 688	5 686	5 156	1 112	1 203	1 151	52 868
	Sep	17 996	7 944	12 947	5 707	5 203	1 118	1 171	1 162	53 248
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised
(a) With the exception of Vic. and Tas., includes persons with breached or suspended orders.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) As of 1 July 2005, the definition of an adult changed in Vic. to a person aged 18 years and over - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 37.
(d) Data movements from June quarter 2005 may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 43.
(e) Revisions have been applied to WA community-based corrections orders - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 44.

A2 Proportion of Persons in Community-Based Corrections, By Indigenous status(a)(b)
		NSW	Vic.(c)	Qld	SA(d)	WA(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(c)
INDIGENOUS (%)
2005		15.6	4.5	17.6	12.6	29.5	10.4	69.9	8.8	16.3
2006		16.3	4.3	17.7	13.3	32.9	11.9	73.3	7.4	17.3
2006
	Sep Qtr	16.2	4.4	17.5	13.9	33.4	12.4	73.7	7.4	17.4
	Dec Qtr	17.2	4.3	17.5	13.9	32.9	11.0	73.7	7.7	17.6
2007
	Mar Qtr	17.4	4.2	17.8	14.0	r32.3	11.3	74.9	8.5	17.7
	Jun Qtr	17.6	4.3	17.6	14.2	r31.7	11.7	75.2	8.9	17.7
	Sep Qtr	18.1	4.5	18.2	14.7	30.8	12.1	74.8	8.9	18.0
	Jul	18.2	4.5	17.8	14.4	31.3	11.9	75.3	9.1	17.9
	Aug	18.2	4.6	18.4	14.9	30.7	12.1	74.7	8.9	18.1
	Sep	17.9	4.5	18.5	14.9	30.3	12.2	74.4	8.5	17.9
NON-INDIGENOUS (%)
2005		77.3	85.2	79.1	80.9	70.4	70.8	29.7	71.4	77.3
2006		77.5	87.8	82.3	85.6	67.0	79.9	26.6	81.0	78.9
2006
	Sep Qtr	77.6	88.5	82.5	85.1	66.5	80.7	26.3	82.6	78.9
	Dec Qtr	77.1	87.6	82.5	85.2	67.0	78.8	26.1	86.1	78.8
2007
	Mar Qtr	76.7	87.7	82.2	85.0	r67.7	80.0	24.8	85.8	78.6
	Jun Qtr	76.5	87.5	82.4	85.0	r68.3	85.0	24.7	84.5	78.8
	Sep Qtr	77.4	86.6	81.8	84.5	69.1	85.6	25.1	83.4	78.9
	Jul	78.0	86.7	82.2	84.9	68.7	85.8	24.7	83.3	79.2
	Aug	77.6	86.6	81.6	84.3	69.1	85.6	25.2	83.6	78.9
	Sep	76.5	86.5	81.5	84.2	69.5	85.3	25.4	83.5	78.6
UNKNOWN (%)
2005		7.1	10.3	3.3	6.5	0.1	18.7	0.4	19.7	6.3
2006		6.2	7.9	-	1.0	0.1	8.2	0.2	11.6	3.8
2006
	Sep Qtr	6.2	7.0	-	1.0	-	7.0	-	10.0	3.6
	Dec Qtr	5.8	8.1	-	0.9	0.1	10.2	0.1	6.2	3.6
2007
	Mar Qtr	5.9	8.1	-	1.0	-	8.7	0.3	5.7	3.7
	Jun Qtr	5.9	8.2	-	0.9	-	3.3	0.1	6.5	3.5
	Sep Qtr	4.5	8.9	-	0.8	0.1	2.4	0.1	7.7	3.2
	Jul	3.7	8.8	-	0.7	-	2.4	-	7.6	2.9
	Aug	4.3	8.8	-	0.8	0.1	2.2	0.1	7.5	3.1
	Sep	5.5	9.0	-	0.9	0.2	2.5	0.2	8.0	3.6
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
r revised
(a) With the exception of Vic. and Tas., includes persons with breached or suspended orders.
(b) Figures for the quarter and year for first day of the month counts are calculated as a simple average - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 5.
(c) As of 1 July 2005, the definition of an adult changed in Vic. to a person aged 18 years and over - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 37.
(d) Data movements from June quarter 2005 may be influenced by data entry delays - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 43.
(e) Revisions have been applied to WA community-based corrections orders - see Explanatory Notes, paragraph 44.