Alarm at young blacks' detention
- This is a complex article. Summarise it as simply as you
can.
- Draw a graphical representation to show the relative over-representation
of indigenous young people in custody in the states and territories.
Carefully label the graph.
- Confirm the claim in the second paragraph based on the data
in the second last paragraph.
- Using the fact that there were 48,166 Aborigines aged from
10 to 17 in Australia in 1996, write some questions for your
classmates which could be answered using the data in the article.
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