Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system
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- 224 pages
Summary
The report's own summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, pages 15 to 21
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The Crime and Misconduct Commission inquired into Queensland’s handling of sexual offences against adults and children.
It examined police training and supervision, decisions to prosecute or discontinue cases, and restrictions on publishing identifying information about accused people.
Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 15 · Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 16
The Commission identified management issues that could address some concerns about police and prosecution services, and opposed a limitation period for historical sexual offences.
Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 17 · Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 18
The Commission made 24 recommendations covering specialist training, documented decisions, communication, victim support, publication restrictions and a review of implementation after two years.
Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 181 · Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 182 · Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003), page 183
In the body's own words
- Opinion
The Commission does not favour a statute of limitations for sexual offence matters.
- Opinion
The Commission believes that the identity of an accused in a sexual offence matter should be suppressed.
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
No findings or recommendations are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.
Published responses
No published response was found.
Official documents 3
Seeking Justice: An inquiry into how sexual offences are handled by the Queensland criminal justice system (24 June 2003)
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Seeking Justice: Report summary
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The Volkers Case: Examining the conduct of the police and prosecution (2 April 2003)
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Notes on this record
- Recommendations not extracted: Recommendation 3 and 4 are more than two pages apart.
Coverage
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- The 1989 Fitzgerald Inquiry report, which the CCC hosts, is a commission of inquiry report and is not included here.