Indigenous communities in Australia have grave concerns about the high rates of incarceration of their young people, and advocate for the need for holistic community-led solutions. This article details the use of administrative data in the evaluation of a model of youth diversion led by an Elders group in a remote community, developed in partnership with a university. The model views effective diversion as addressing all underlying factors driving contact with the justice system for Indigenous young people. The methodology includes linking data from relevant government agencies for holistic understanding of young people's institutional engagement over time, including unmet health, housing, education and disability needs and opportunities for positive pathways. Administrative data has not conventionally been subject to ethical scrutiny nor seen as compatible with community priorities. However, we demonstrate how it can enable communities to investigate questions and build change meaningful to them, and improve evidence and policy.

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社区主导的土著年轻人脱离司法系统：政府行政数据的作用

澳大利亚土著社区对其年轻人的高监禁率表示严重关切，并主张需要采取由社区主导的整体解决方案。本文详细介绍了如何使用行政数据来评估由偏远社区的长者团体领导的青年转移模型，该模型是与一所大学合作开发的。该模型将有效转移视为解决推动土著年轻人与司法系统接触的所有根本因素。该方法包括将相关政府机构的数据联系起来，以全面了解年轻人随时间的机构参与情况，包括未满足的健康、住房、教育和残疾需求以及积极途径的机会。行政数据传统上并未受到道德审查，也不被视为与社区优先事项相一致。然而，我们展示了它如何使社区能够调查问题并建立对他们有意义的变革，并改进证据和政策。