Welcome to the Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge
The Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge Queensland is an educational competition based program for students in Years 6 to 12 throughout all Queensland schools and youth organisations; Scouts, Guides, Cadets, PCYC etc. Students who are home schooled in Queensland are also encouraged to participate in the program.
Aims of the Challenge
The aim of the Challenge is for participants to understand the role of Crime Stoppers, the context of crime and its impact within their community. In addition to this, participants are to offer creative and practical solutions in relation to the topic and demonstrate what they can do to help make their community safer.
2010 Topic
Our topic for 2010 is STOP VANDALISM.
To learn more about the topic please visit our Students Information page (see link above).
What do participants need to do
Participants are encouraged to research the issues,
the impact and consequences of vandalism from the
perspective of the victim, the community and the offender.
Working together in groups, or individually, participants
interact with their local Crime Stoppers volunteers, police,
council officers and community groups to build their
understanding of the work of Crime Stoppers and the
responsibility of citizens to help prevent vandalism.
Participants are encouraged to prepare a project in any
format, for example, a PowerPoint presentation, video
or newspaper article. Participants also must present
recommendations on ways to reduce and prevent
vandalism in their communities. All entries must clearly
address the judging criteria – detailed on the Students Information page (see link above) and in the Teachers
Guide (available to download on left). All recommendations made by participants will be
compiled for presentation to Crime Stoppers Queensland
and our Challenge Partners.
Judging + Prizes
Entries are judged according to set criteria, outlined in the brochure and Teachers Guide (available to download on left), in competition with participating schools and youth organisations within 11 set regions across
four year level categories:
Upper Primary Years 6 + 7
Lower Secondary Years 8 + 9
Middle Secondary Year 10
Upper Secondary Years 11 + 12
The 11 regions are outlined in the Challenge brochure and Teachers Guide (available to download on left). The judge’s panel will select a finalist from each age level category in each
region. Regional finalists will then compete for the Gold, Silver
and Bronze State Awards within their respective categories.
Regional Finalists
Prizes to the value of $100 for each student group will be awarded to the regional finalists. For example, four students in a group = $25 each. Framed certificates for the school/youth organisation will also be awarded.
Regional finalists then compete for the State Awards within their respective year level categories.
State Winners
Prizes are presented to the winning participants school/youth organisation within each year level category:
Gold $2000 | Silver $1000 | Bronze $500 |
