00:01New data from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows that Aboriginal children
00:08are 30% less likely than non-Aboriginal children to receive a court diversion from New South
00:15Wales Police.
00:16Now, the Executive Director of the Bureau has told the ABC that a young person's cooperation
00:22with police or unconscious bias from officers are potential reasons for discrepancies that
00:29aren't explained by data.
00:31The head of the New South Wales Police Child Command says the figures don't tell the whole
00:36story though.
00:37He says police are legally obliged to consider the safety of children who've allegedly broken
00:43the law.
00:44I guess raw data shows a big discrepancy but when you actually start looking into the offence
00:49types that are available under the diversionary options as well as the criminal history of
00:54the young people, whether they're on bail at the time, their previous contact with the
00:59criminal justice system, there are limitations on when we can divert.
01:03Certainly our intent and what we train for and what the legislation actually states is
01:07where we can, we must divert and we strongly support that.
01:10We know the impacts of bringing children into the criminal justice system, bringing them
01:15before the court, it can have long term implications and negative outcomes for them.
01:19The state's Aboriginal Legal Service is calling for increased and independent oversight over the
01:24state's police force and says that the gap cannot be explained by any objective factors.
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