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Title: Compensation claims for victims of crime
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Title: Your rights as a victim of crime
About: Also available in 23 community languages
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Title: Access to court documents: information for victims of crime
About: If you have been a victim of crime and there were criminal proceedings against the offender you, may be able to access the court documents.
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Title: Are you a victim of crime?
About: Information for young people who are victims of crime.
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Title: Courtwise: a pathway through the NSW court system for victims and crime and other witnesses
About: Provides a tour of a courtroom, answers FAQs about victim's rights and the trial process as well as factsheets about what happens in court when you are a victim of crime or a witness.
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Title: Your day in court: a guide for victims of crime who are witnesses in court
About: Additional copies of the resource kit (video and booklet) $27.50 - order form available at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/victimsservices/ll_vs.nsf/pages/VS_formsobtaining
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Title: Victims compensation Chapter 44 The law handbook 11th edition
About: Who is eligible for victims compensation, who is a victim? What is an act of violence? Maximum and minimum awards, Schedule of Compensable Injuries. Time limits and appeals to the Victims Compensation Tribunal. Civil action for damages.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Your day in court: a guide for victims of crime who are witnesses in court
About: Additional copies of the resource kit (video and booklet) $27.50 - order form available at www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/victimsservices/ll_vs.nsf/pages/VS_formsobtaining
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Brown, Farrier, Neal and Weisbrot's criminal laws: materials and commentary on criminal law and process in New South Wales. 4th edition
About: General principles of criminal law; fair trial, elements of criminal offences including actus reus and mens rea; criminal defences, murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, larceny, robbery, drug offences and sentencing. Includes extracts from cases and other legal resources, and new developments cush as the International Criminal Court.
Author: Brown, David et al
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: So you have to go to court! (Video/DVD Kit)
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