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Title: Going to court : a handy guide to the Local Court for defendants
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Title: Are you facing a committal?
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Fact sheet

Title: Are you pleading guilty to a drink driving charge?
About: Preparing for court appearances, writing reference letters, police fact sheets and what you should do in court. Also available in Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese
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Title: Character references - how they can help you if you are going to court
About: Available in Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese
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Pamphlet

Title: Have you breached your parole?
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Title: Reviewing and appealing Local Court decisions
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Title: Bribery = crime
About: Also available in Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Filipino, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Laotion, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Somali, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
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Title: Practitioner's guide to criminal law 3rd edition
About: Arrest, bail and court processes for summary offences in the Local Court and committal hearings for more serious indictable offences; forensic procedures, sentencing and plea making, extradition and interstate warrants; diversionary schemes for drug dependent offenders, Children’s Court practice, and appeals to higher courts.
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Title: About crime and criminal justice - topics from the Australian Institute of Criminology
About: Commonwealth government research and information agency for the study of crime and criminal justice in Australia. Useful publications for students in full text include the excellent Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice series, Crime Facts Info and a range of statistical publications.
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Title: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research information guides
About: Includes NSW crime and court statistics, publications in full text such as the excellent Crime and Justice Bulletins (short papers addressing current issues in criminology), statistical and general report series.
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Title: Sentencing - Hot Topics series no 55
About: The role of sentencing in the criminal justice system; how a penalty is determined; sentencing options; circle sentencing; factors considered when imposing a sentence for offenders with a mental illness and Aboriginal offenders; appeals; majority verdicts, and the role of discretion in the sentencing process.
Author: Jason Keane, Criminal Law Review Division, NSW Attorney General's Dept
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Title: Defend Yourself: facing a charge in court 2nd edition
About: Defending a criminal charge in court, arrest and questioning, bail, dealing with lawyers, court procedure, hearings and trials, preparation, evidence, proof, examination in court, sentencing, and appeals. It also provides information on character references, further reading and research, and a legal glossary.
Author: Anderson, Tim
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Title: Criminal law Chapter 16: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Covers types of crimes, offences in public places, assault, trespass, drunkenness, penalties, theft and burglery, shop lifting, and other common crimes. Includes sex work and the law.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Arrest, interrogation and bail Chapter 4: The law handbook: 11th edition
About: A practical guide to criminal law processes including arrest, detention, police questioning, police powers and bail.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Defend Yourself: facing a charge in court 2nd edition
About: Defending a criminal charge in court, arrest and questioning, bail, dealing with lawyers, court procedure, hearings and trials, preparation, evidence, proof, examination in court, sentencing, and appeals. It also provides information on character references, further reading and research, and a legal glossary.
Author: Anderson, Tim
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Crime in the business world Chapter 2: Australian business law
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Court Chapter 14: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Covers dealings in the Local Court, prosecution, defences to prosecution, rules of evidence, penalties, penalty units, sentencing, civil cases, appeals, offences tried by a judge and jury. Criminal records and representing yourself in court.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Sentencing - Hot Topics series no 55
About: The role of sentencing in the criminal justice system; how a penalty is determined; sentencing options; circle sentencing; factors considered when imposing a sentence for offenders with a mental illness and Aboriginal offenders; appeals; majority verdicts, and the role of discretion in the sentencing process.
Author: Jason Keane, Criminal Law Review Division, NSW Attorney General's Dept
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Introducing the law. 7th edition
About: Origins of the Australian and British legal systems, Australia's system of government and court system; the role of the parliament and the courts in law-making; dispute resolution, and law reform. Chapter 8 has a useful overview of criminal and civil procedures.
Author: Heilbronn, Gary N. et al
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: Practitioner's guide to criminal law 3rd edition
About: Arrest, bail and court processes for summary offences in the Local Court and committal hearings for more serious indictable offences; forensic procedures, sentencing and plea making, extradition and interstate warrants; diversionary schemes for drug dependent offenders, Children’s Court practice, and appeals to higher courts.
Where: Check your public library.
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Lawyers' Tools

Title: College of Law Practice Papers online
About: Accounting, advocacy, civil litigation, commercial law, conveyancing, criminal law, family law, lawyers professional responsibility, taxation, wills and probate. Online (For onsite clients only).
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Criminal law (NSW)
About: Includes legislation relating to crime and criminal law, the Crimes Act, Criminal Procedure Act, Criminal Appeals Act, Mental Health Act, Oaths Act, Jury Act, drugs and the Drug Court, evidence, bail, traffic offences, sentencing, prisons and prisoners, young offenders, juvenile justice and young offenders, oaths, jury and juries, Childrens Court, search warrants, victims of crime, common law offences. Location number - Ref/N345.009944/1 and online (For onsite clients only).
Author: Watson, Ray
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Criminal practice and procedure
About: Criminal procedure, evidence, appeals from Magistrates decisions, sentencing, criminal responsibility, the Crimes Act, trial procedure, bail, drugs, summary and indictable offences, road traffic offences and the Australian Road Rules, firearms, children and criminal law, mental health, defence costs, confiscation, victims, administration of sentences, indictments, coronial inquiries, and the Coroners Court, investigatory commissions such as the ICAC, Royal Commissions, the Police Integrity Commission. Location number Ref/NQ345.94405/7 and
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Local Court criminal practice NSW
About: Covers advocacy, appeals, arrest and search, assault and related offences, bail, call overs and mentions, commital hearings, costs, domestic violence, apprehended violence orders (AVOs), drugs, firearms, listening devices, motor traffic, please and sentencing, police questioning, evidence, property offences, search warrants, summary and indictable offences, telephone interceptions, victims compensation. Location number Ref/NQ345.3440102/1 and online (For onsite clients only).
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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