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Youth Crime

We have checklists, practical tips and handy hints which may be useful references for lawyers practising in youth crime, particularly in the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court.

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Practice tools

We have checklists, practical tips and handy hints which may be useful references for lawyers practising in youth crime, particularly in the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court.

They are available to community legal centre and private practitioner panelists in a sharepoint folder. Details of how to access this folder is in More information.

Guides

Acting for children is different to dealing with adults and many additional factors need to be considered. These guides can be used to assist lawyers through the advice and instruction-taking process, both generally and where the police are required to interview the child. These are available to community legal centre and private practitioner panellists in a sharepoint folder. Details of how to access this folder is in More information.

Supporting documents

  • A sheet in adolescent-friendly language to give to children to help them find and assist appropriate people to prepare character references for use in their Children's Court Criminal Division court case.
Character references – Children's Court
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