Resources

Internet and documents

General

Dictionary and Thesaurus website - This is a great dictionary site, you can also check the Thesaurus bullet hole to check the word's synonym.

AustLII Databases - A handy database of legal information

Crime and Justice - An Australian Textbook in Criminology (2003)

Law and Justice - Zero Tolerance Policing. These issues also are not only adversly affect the Aboriginal community, they are also applicable to other communities.

Information about VCE Legal Studies - for those that want to continue Legal Studies at VCE level. This will give you an idea of what extra materail you will be covering if you choose to continue studying Legal Studies.

Pauls Jutice Page - A general US information page, you might be able to compare issues with our society

Module 1

Australia Law Online - A good general information website

Legal Dictionaries - Usefule Legal and other dictionaries

Australasian Legal Information Institute

Module 2

Children Out Of Detention (ChilOut) - a group of parents and citizens opposed to the mandatory detention of children in Australian immigration detention centres

Law and Legal Studies - Various useful links

Module 3

Exploring motor vehicle theft in Australia - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Minister for Justice and Customs

Module 4

Early Intervention, Youth Crime & Families Strategy - Attorney Generals Department

Law and Legal Studies - Flinders University Library

Size, accessibility and crime in regional Australia - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Module 5

Mandatory Sentencing - Senate Inquiry into the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999

Commission Speaking for ourselves - Children and the legal process

Uses and abuses of drug law enforcement statistics - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Alcohol and Crime - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Age of illicit drug initiation - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Alcohol and Minorities: An Update - An example from the U.S. Dept. of Helth and Human Services

Alcohol-related Social Disorder and Rural Youth: Part 1 Victims - Australian Institute of Criminology, .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader)

Tough on Drugs - National Drug Campaign

The Links Between Alcohol and Drug Use and Poverty - Inquiry into Poverty

Schaffer Library of Drug Policy

Library

I have organised a large box full of books on Legal Studies and it is availible in the school Library.