"The aim of this study is to examine the general characteristics of juveniles held in custody in order to test the theory that children on control orders are the more serious offenders who the courts could not deal with by means of non-custodial penalty."--Introduction.

Information and evaluation series ; no. 2.

"Office of Juvenile Justice ; 1993".

"Re-published 2005 by the Department of Juvenile Justice"--Verso t.p.

Title from title screen (viewed on 30 May 2007).

Includes bibliographical references.

Mode of Access: Internat via World Wide Web. On 30/05/07 available from website of NSW Dept. of Juvenile Justice at: http://www.djj.nsw.gov.au/publications.htm.

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