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 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.
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