Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Authors

• Queensland. Crime and Misconduct Commission.
• Butler, Brendan.
• Legosz, Margot.
• Queensland. Parliament.

Publishers

• Brisbane, Australia :  Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2003.

Bibliography

Bibliography: p. 193-204.

Description

1 online resource (xxiii, 204 p.)

Note

"Dr Margot Legosz, Senior Research Officer for the CMC, was the project manager for the Inquiry and had primary responsibility for preparing this report".--Acknowledgments, p. xi.
Chairperson: Brendan Butler.
Submitted to: the Premier of the State of Queensland, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Chairman, Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee.
Description based on print version record.

Summary

This report presents the findings and recommendations of a CMC public inquiry into the handling of sexual offence matters in the Queensland criminal justice system. A follow-up report on the implementation of the recommendations is due in 2006.

Subject

• Volkers, Scott.
• Governmental investigations - Australia - Queensland.
• Sex crimes - Australia - Queensland.
• Criminal justice, Administration of - Australia - Queensland.

Contents

1. The inquiry. -- 2. Sexual offence research. -- 3. Sexual offence legislation. -- 4. How the criminal justice system responds to reported sexual offences. -- 5. Progression of sexual offences through the Queensland Criminal Justice system. -- 6. General issues relevant to all three terms of reference. -- 7. The first term of reference. -- 8. The second term of reference. -- 9. The third term of reference. -- 10. Other approaches to handling sexual offences. -- 11. The next step: implemention of the recommendations. -- Appendix 1: The Volkers case. -- Appendix 2: Inquiry discussion paper. -- Appendix 3: Submissions to the inquiry. -- Appendix 4: Hearing schedule. -- Appendix 5. Summary of the QPS policies and procedures for dealing with sexual offences. -- Appendix 6. Legislation relevant to the third term of reference. -- Appendix 7. Issues indirectly relevant to the third term of reference.