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Law Week Quiz Answer 3
| Answer 3 | c) 20-24 years old |
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Court records show that 20-24 year old men and women have the highest participation in crime. Approximately five percent of all persons aged 20-24 have a court appearance each year in New South Wales. In comparison, four percent of 25-29 year olds, three percent of 15-19 year olds, 0.2 percent of 10-14 year olds and two percent of the total New South Wales population have a court appearance each year.
Source: Weatherburn, D., Lind, B. and Hua, J. 2003, Contact with the New South Wales court and prison systems: The influence of age, Indigenous status and gender, Crime and Justice Bulletin, no. 78, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney.
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