An overview of juvenile detention in Australia

Publication Resource Details

In
National Conference on Juvenile Detention: Proceedings of a conference held 10-13 August 1993
Author
Atkinson, Lynn
Publication Date
1994
Publisher
Australian Institute of Criminology
Place Published
Canberra
Page Numbers
27
ISBN ISSN
10345086
URL
https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/proceedings25.pdf
Description
An article about juvenile detention in Australia in 1993, which lists remand centres used for detaining young people and contains some historical information about juvenile detention. The article is on pages 1-18 of the linked document (starting page 7 of the pdf).

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