Queensland Corrective Services and the Griffith University Criminology Institute are collaborating on a project investigating possible reforms in the State’s incarceration and rehabilitation system.
The data produced will be available to researchers from around the world.
Queensland Corrective Services Commissioner and Griffith University alumnus, Peter Martin said the partnership would highlight areas for reform and inform best-practice policies to help prisoners reintegrate into society and break the cycle of incarceration.
“As a public safety Agency committed to evidence-based decision-making, collaboration with academia provides Queensland Corrective Services with the opportunity to address some of the ‘wicked problems’ we face every day,” Commissioner Martin said.
“This partnership with the Griffith Criminology Institute will assist us to understand what we do that really works, as we realise our priority of reducing crime through effective rehabilitation.”
He said Griffith University was doing critically important research across the criminal justice system, providing data and evidence to help inform decision-making and continuing to strive for the best possible outcomes for those in custody and care.
Director of Griffith Criminology Institute, Janet Ransley (pictured) said data shared by the Queensland Corrective Services would inform academic research into complex real-world issues.
“Our work with Queensland Corrective Services builds on Griffith’s international reputation for outstanding social science and public policy research,” Professor Ransley said.
“The data will be used by researchers to help analyse people’s journeys into and through the criminal justice system.”
