text: Koori Youth Justice Programs - Department of Justice and Regulation, Victoria
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  The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custory (April 1991) highlighted both the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the youth and adult justice systems, and the accelerated rate of progress through the youth justice system experienced by many young Aboriginal people.
  The findings included the need to 'devise strategies designed to reduce the rate at which young Aboriginal people are involved in the welfare and criminal justice systems'. Through the Aboriginal Justice Agreement the Department of Justice and Regulation has actively responded to the findings.