In the second of our special youth justice mini-series, Detective Chief Superintendent Cheryl Scanlon revisits the story from our sentencing seminar What happened with Jake? focusing on the importance of early intervention when dealing with young offenders.

Cheryl has more than 30 years’ experience with the Queensland Police Service in youth justice and child protection and is currently Executive Director, Operations Support, Crime and Corruption Commission.

The podcast looks at the rise of teen sexting and the importance of making sure policies and practices keep up with a changing society. She discusses how, through broadening the toolbox, police are able to take a different approach and resolve issues through education and diversion.

Cheryl also talks about difficulties of young people in residential care facilities and how recent collaboration across government has improved how they deal with children missing from out-of-home care, minor offending and police call-outs — which can lead to young people facing the courts.

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