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Australian
Criminal Justice System |
| Australasian
Legal Information Institute |
The
Australian law information on this site includes cases and legislation,
as well as links to resources such as courts, tribunals, community
legal centres. |
| Law
and Justice Foundation |
An initiative of the Law Foundation
of New South Wales designed to give the whole community easy
access to legal information on the Internet. |
| Law
Internet Resources - Australian Parliamentary Library |
A very useful listing of Internet
law resources indexed by type of law, as well as Australian
and international sites. |
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| Family
Court of Australia |
Extensive information about the
Court and its procedures, explanation of the legislation, introduction
to Family law, student resources and information for children.
Also includes guide to proceedings, court lists, judgments,
legislation, forms and fees, publications etc. |
| Federal
Court of Australia |
Information
for litigants and practitioners, eCourt, court lists, legal
research links etc. |
| Federal
Magistrates Court |
Judgments,
Acts, rules and regulations, divorce information, court forms
and fees etc. |
| High
Court of Australia |
General
information, sitting days, text of recent judges' speeches etc. |
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| Courts and Triburnals Victoria |
This site provides information about and links to the Victorian Children's Court, Magistrates' Court, County Court, the Supreme Court of Victoria, the State Coroner's Office of Victoria, Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal and VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal). |
| Constitution
and history of Australian law |
| Australian
Constitution |
Full text
of the Australian Constitution from the Parliament of Australia
website. (HTML version) |
| Documenting
a democracy |
Site
developed by the National Archives of Australian and includes
scanned images of 110 documents that are the foundation of the
white Australian nation. |
| Community Legal Services and Advocacy |
| Fitzroy
Legal Service |
Provides legal information relevant to the community in a user-friendly form. |
| Victorian
Legal Aid |
Users of this
website will be able to find legal information, access legal
aid guidelines, application forms and participate in online
surveys. |
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Criminology |
| Australian
Institute of Criminology |
The Australian
Institute of Criminology is the national focus for the study
of crime and criminal justice in Australia and for the dissemination
of criminal justice information. Provides
information about crime in Australia including statistics, research,
publications, etc. Use the
search options provided, or browse the sections listed on the
left of the home page, e.g. "Publications".
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| Sociology Central - Deviance and Social Control Theories |
Teaching and learning resources for "A"-level Sociology in England and Wales (equivalent to VCE).. |
| Online Criminal Justice Degree Programs |
A helpful resource for academic research and study of criminal justice online. Include the "Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice", "Criminology and Criminal Justice", "Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice" and "The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture". For access, go to the journal's online page and register with the website. |
| National
Institute of Forensic Science Australia |
The General Information site,
listed under the heading Internet Resources, includes Deakin
University's The Chemical Detective, and the DNA Litigation
Support Page from Denver, USA. |
| CrimTrac |
This page
contains links to sites outlining DNA profiling, and the history
of its use in Australia and elsewhere. |
| National
Crime Prevention Programme - Attorney General's Department |
Browse the
sections listed on the left of the Home Page, e.g. a useful
Links page covering Australia-wide initiatives. |
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| Australian
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission |
A comprehensive site covering
disability rights, sexual and racial discrimination, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander justice, and a very useful outline
of human rights in an Australian context. |
| Australian
Lawyers for Human Rights |
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
is a network of Australian lawyers and law-related workers promoting
the practice of human rights law in Australia. Click on
"Links" for an excellent directory indexed by topic. |
| Amnesty
International |
Amnesty International (AI) is
a worldwide movement of people who campaign for international
recognised human rights. Material
in its "Library" can be accessed by country or theme,
while the "Resources and Links" section provides an
excellent list of links to other human rights related sites. |
| United
Nations |
The United Nations Web site, with
a useful section on human rights. |
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| Youth Justice - Department of Human Services |
The webpages of the Youth Justice programme of the State Government of Victoria's Department of Human Services. |
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| Victoria Police |
The Victoria Police site provides information about services including crime prevention, recruitment, community safety and various other programs and initiatives. |
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| JURIST:
Legal News & Research |
Jurist is a free web-based legal news and real-time legal research service provided largely by volunteer law student reporters, editors and web developers. Jurist concentrates on legal issues with significant jurisprudential, social and political implications.It is led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pennsylvania, USA. |
| National
Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database |
The NCJRS (USA) allows access
to summaries of more than 160,000 criminal justice publications
and more than 1,500 full-text publications, many of which can
be read and copied. |
