Corrections to Community Support Services Brisbane
Brisbane-based C2C Support Services is dedicated to helping reduce the risk of re-offending within Southeast Queensland. C2C addresses community safety through targeted addiction treatment that provides individualised services to people during their period of incarceration and post-release into the community.
Research confirms that individuals who have safe therapeutic support, have a significantly reduced risk of re-offending (Cunnington, 2020; Latessa, Johnson & Koetzle, 2020). Our mission is to work with individuals to achieve positive long-term outcomes for them, their family/friends and the broader community.
Only 1 in 10 people with addiction receive treatment. For individuals in the criminal justice system, there are additional challenges to accessing support.
we provide evidence-based support with the aim of reducing reoffending
Prison is often viewed as a revolving door.
Therapeutic support that explores the origins of ‘criminal’ behaviour reduces the likelihood of reoffending.
Australian research shows that those entering the criminal justice system are four times (73%) more likely to have substance use issues than the general population (17%) (AIHW, 2020). Additionally, the misuse of substances is a key driver, or accelerates other criminal behaviours (Kopak & Hoffmann, 2014), such as:
- Drug trafficking/possession
- Drug manufacturing
- Robbery
- Probation/parole violation
- Fraud
- Weapons offences
- Public nuisance
- Assault
- Traffic offences
- Family and domestic violence offences.
