QCOSS and our members strongly support Queensland having a Human Rights Act. Overwhelming feedback from our sector supports the proposition that the Act is helping to deliver positive outcomes for communities, clients and service users.
The Justice report, Queensland provides an overview of the volume and nature of criminal justice matters in Queensland, and includes statistics relating to criminal courts, [...]
The Crime report, Queensland provides an overview of the volume and nature of crime in Queensland, as reported to (by victims, witnesses or other persons) [...]
In our submission responding to the Inquiry into the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024, QCOSS outlined that we do not support the Bill. Drawing on the expertise of community service organisations, we outlined that many of the amendments proposed in the Bill are not rights respecting, nor evidence based.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a long history of over-representation in the justice systems in Australia. Unfortunately, in Queensland the over-representation [...]
Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s community sentiment research reports. Reports include crime perceptions, Key Insights Reports, Longitudinal Research and Youth Justice. Longitudinal [...]
The information included in the criminal justice timeline does not represent all criminal justice initiatives introduced in Queensland. Users of the timeline are [...]
The research described in the victim-offender overlap among young people in Queensland report builds on previous work showing a relatively high prevalence of [...]
The Overlap between offending and victimisation in Queensland report describes research showing that while most individuals coming into contact with police were ‘offenders [...]
The research described in The age distribution of crime by offence type: Comparing 2008–09 with 2018–19 report aimed to better understand if decreases [...]
