On Tuesday, 15th October the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), an Australian Government agency who works with state and territory governments to collate and publish annual reports on national health and welfare statistics, released their Young people in child protection and under youth justice supervision 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2018 report. The report confirms previous research findings that the majority of children who are abused and neglected do not go on to offend, however a large proportion of children who offend have had a history of abuse or neglect. Click here to read more about this report.
