4519.0 - Recorded Crime - Offenders, Selected states and territories, 2007-08 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/08/2009  First Issue
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YOUTH OFFENDERS

Of the young offenders aged 10 to 19 years, the highest offender rate for males occurred at age 18 years and for females it was at age 16 years. Males aged 18 years offended at a rate twice that for all male offenders (14,695 male offenders for every 100,000 males aged 18 years compared to 6,397 male offenders per 100,000 males aged 10 years and over). Females aged 16 years had an offender rate of 4,340 female offenders per 100,000 females aged 16 years, which was twice the rate for all female offenders (2,177 female offenders per 100,000 females aged 10 years and over).

Youth Offender Rate (a), Age by sex, Northern Territory
Graph: Youth Offender Rate (a), Age by sex, Northern Territory


The predominant principal offences for youth offenders were acts intended to cause injury (20%) and public order offences (19%). The impact of age on patterns of offending is further illustrated by the following graph. The peaks in the rate of offending associated with the different offence types occurred at different ages as well as different levels. Theft experienced a large increase in offender rates after age 11 years before peaking at age 15 years. The rates associated with acts intended to cause injury increased noticeably after 14 years of age before reaching its highest rate at age 17 years. While rates associated with both theft and acts intended to cause injury were decreasing after age 17 years, between 17 and 18 years of age the rate for public order offences showed a substantial increase.

Youth Offender rate (a), Selected principal offence by age, Northern Territory
Graph: Youth Offender rate (a), Selected principal offence by age, Northern Territory








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