Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
Probably the best place on the web for youth workers to get information about dealing with police and the criminal justice system in NSW. Go to www.theshopfront.org/24.html and download any of these great fact sheets:
- Young People and the Legal System: an Overview
- Police Powers and Your Rights
- Police Directions (section 28F Summary Offences Act)
- Attending Police Interviews with an Under 18 Year Old
- Criminal Procedure: an Overview
- The Young Offenders Act
- Bail
- Preparing a Court Report
- Non-Association and Place Restriction Orders
- Convictions and Criminal Records
- Fines (updated September 2004)
- Common Offences: Drugs
- Drug Premises
- Common Offences: Sex Work
- Common Offences: Graffiti
- Common Offences: Weapons
- Victims Compensation
- Apprehended Violence Orders
- Mental Health
- Mental Health and Intellectual Disability - Criminal Proceedings in Local and Children's Courts
