His recommendations include keeping minor offences by young people out of the courts,more flexible options to keep young Queenslanders engaged in education,and support for parents as early as the prenatal stage.
"I do think without being soft in any way,there are more sensible and better ways we can approach a whole range of issues,"Mr Atkinson said.
"Do we want the courts clogged up with children who commit minor offences?
"What we're saying is if there's a program which a child can be diverted to,that might assist preventing that reoffending."
Child Safety Minister Di Farmer said one such program already being operated where young people were made to confront their victims had resulted in a 41 per cent reduction in reoffending rates.
The review follows initial moves by the Labor government to remove 17-year-old offenders from adult prisons and investment in diversion programs.
In February,Youth Minister Di Farmer said transferring 17-year-olds from adult prisons would be delayed because youth detention centres were already full after a spike in the number of detainees.