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Young people in youth justice

Young people in youth justice

SECTOR
Child Death
Child death reports and data
Queensland’s child death review model
16 year trend review
Risk factors for filicide
Safer pathways through childhood
Preventing child death
System reviews after a child death
Child death statistics: Aust/NZ
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Advocacy papers
Monitoring and reviewing systems
Why we monitor and review
Young people in youth justice
Rights, Voices, Stories
Principle Focus
Over-representation snapshots
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Policy submissions
Position statements
Research
Supporting our sector
Our role in the sector
Evaluation capability building
Information kits and practice resources
Out of the Dark: Information for educators
Child Protection and Youth Justice System

Changing the Sentence

Oversight and examination of youth justice initiatives.

Yarning for Change: Listen to my voice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people's experiences of the Queensland youth justice system.

Raising the age of criminal responsibility

Evidence-based position that a restorative justice approach should be implemented to enable the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Queensland.