Samenvatting

Macquarie Legal Centre's Youth Justice: Your Guide to Cops and Court in New South Wales provides a practical guide for young people who come into contact with the police or the criminal justice system in NSW. Presented in a clear and jargon-free style, the book covers a broad range of topics including police interviews, police searches, the Young Offenders Act and youth justice conferences, bail, court processes, court outcomes, AVOs and dealing with unpaid fines.

Aside from helping young people understand their rights, this book is an essential resource for youth workers, youth advocates, social workers, counsellors, teachers or anyone else who works to support young people. With specially tailored sections on supporting young people through police interviews, youth justice conferences, lawyer interviews and court, Youth Justice enables workers to understand their role and suggests advocacy strategies in dealing with the police or courts.

Now in its third edition, Youth Justice has been updated and greatly expanded into a more comprehensive and detailed legal resource. There are new chapters on 'getting legal advice and assistance' and 'security guards', as well as expanded sections on court processes and outcomes for common offences. Recent changes to the law and legal processes have been accommodated with new material on the youth and adult drug courts, police sniffer dogs, 'drug house' legislation and other changes to police powers and court processes in NSW.

Contents:
Getting legal advice & assistance: A guide to legal services and dealing with lawyers
Why should I get legal advice?
Finding a lawyer: A guide to legal services in NSW
Lawyer interviews
Things to tell your lawyer
Acting as a support person in lawyer interviews
If you are not happy with your lawyer
Victims of crime
Support for victims
Reporting the crime to police
Victims and going to court
Victims and compensation
Apprehended Violence Orders
Apprehended Violence Orders
Applying for an AVO
If someone applies for an AVO against you
Dealing with police on the street
Police ask your name and address
Police question you on the street or at home
Police tell you to stop doing something or to move on
Other police powers in public places
Arrest and going to the police station
Warrants
The Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act on the street
The cops have impounded my car!
Expected changes to police powers
Police searches
Police searches
Searching for knives and weapons
Police drug sniffer dogs
Searching houses and buildings
Expected changes to police powers to search
Security guards: what powers do they really have?
Powers of security guards
Citizen's arrests
Powers of security guards in privately owned places
Can a security guard take your photo?
Complaining about security guards
Police questioning
Police questioning
Police questioning of under 18s
The role of the adult support person in interviews with under 18s
Tasks for the advocate or support person in police interviews
At the police station
Your rights in police custody
Forensic procedures
Vulnerable people in police custody
How police deal with you for alleged offences
Complaints and cooperation: Working to improve police practices
Influencing your local police
Taking action against police
Complain to the Ombudsman
Young Offenders Act: Warnings, cautions and conferences
Warnings, cautions and conferences for under 18s
Youth justice conferences
At the conference
Role of support people at conferences
Conference outcomes
After the conference
Are conferences effective?
Bail
What is bail?
How is bail decided?
Bail conditions and sureties
Your responsibility for another person on bail
Changing bail decisions and conditions
Breaching bail
Going to court
Which court?
Going to court
In the courtroom
If you can't get to court
Read your police fact sheet
What to plead?
Pleading not guilty and going to hearing
References and court reports
Role of support people in court
Outcomes of court
Outcomes in the Children's Court
Outcomes in the Local Court
The Children's Court can send you to a conference
The adult Drug Court
The Youth Drug Court
Other diversionary programs
Background reports and pre-sentence reports
Being sentenced - getting a favourable penalty
Sentencing for drug offences
Sentencing for traffic offences
Non-association and place restriction orders
Outcomes in the District and Supreme Courts
If you have an intellectual disability or a mental illness
After court
If you miss court
Appeals
Convictions and criminal records
Bonds, probation and suspended sentences
Community service orders
Victims compensation restitution orders
Juvenile Detention Centres
Young adults in prison
Dealing with the Department of Juvenile Justice
Unpaid fines
Unpaid fines: What happens to you?
Unpaid fines: What can you do about it?
Contacts: A justice advocate's phone book
Words, words, words: A criminal justice jargon buster

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