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Children’s Court of NSW Resource Handbook

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Table of Contents

Preliminaries

Agreement for Use

Acknowledgements

First edition
Second edition

How to use this Resource Handbook

[1-1000] Jurisdiction

[2-1000] Care and protection matters

[2-1000] Principles and jurisdiction

[2-1000] Overview
[2-2000] Care tree
[2-3000] Cross-over kids
[2-4000] Children’s Court of NSW: 2019P Johnstone
[2-5000] Children’s Court update 2019P Johnstone

[3-1000] Important cases

[3-1000] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles
[3-1020] Adoption
[3-1040] Bias
[3-1060] Care and protection
[3-1080] Care plans
[3-1100] Change in circumstances/rescission or variation of care plans
[3-1120] Child Representatives/Independent Legal Representative (ILRs)
[3-1140] Contact orders
[3-1160] Convention on the Rights of the Child
[3-1180] Costs
[3-1200] Experts’ reports
[3-1220] Guardian ad litem
[3-1240] Identification of children in the media
[3-1260] Joinder
[3-1280] Jurisdiction
[3-1300] Language and culture
[3-1320] Non-accidental injury
[3-1340] Parens patriae
[3-1360] “Parent” definition
[3-1380] Permanency planning
[3-1400] Proof
[3-1420] Realistic possibility of restoration
[3-1440] Short-term orders
[3-1460] Unacceptable risk
[3-1480] Unexplained injury

[4-1000] Legislation

[5-1000] Assessments

[6-1000] Practice notes, guidelines and protocols

[6-1000] Practice Notes
[6-2000] Guidelines
[6-3000] Protocols

[7-1000] Articles and other resources

[7-1000] Attachment goes to courtP Granqvist et al
[7-2000] Forensic evidence in child protection proceedingsP Johnstone
[7-3000] Expert clinical evidence in care proceedingsP Johnstone
[7-4000] Still unseen and ignoredJ Tucci and J Mitchell
[7-5000] Parenting in a new environmentH Tafadzwa Mugadza, V Williams Tetteh, A Renzaho and B Stout
[7-6000] Recognising and addressing the needs of children and families impacted by Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeJ Oei
[7-7000] Toward access and equity: disability-informed practice in child protection — a guide to assessing parenting capacity with parents with intellectual disabilityS Collings, M Spencer and P Kong

[8-1000] Criminal matters

[8-1000] Principles and jurisdiction

[8-1000] Children’s Court update 2019P Johnstone
[8-2000] Socioeconomic circumstances of young offenders

[9-1000] Important cases

[9-1000] Admission of evidence
[9-1020] Admissions
[9-1040] Appeal
[9-1060] Apprehended violence orders
[9-1080] Arrest
[9-1100] Bail
[9-1120] Brain science
[9-1140] Doli incapax
[9-1160] Exclusion of evidence
[9-1180] Family violence/dysfunction
[9-1200] Forensic procedure
[9-1220] Jurisdiction
[9-1240] Juvenile detention centre
[9-1260] Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (LEPRA)
[9-1280] Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (now repealed)
[9-1300] Non-publication and suppression orders
[9-1320] Recording of conviction
[9-1340] Sentencing
[9-1360] Youth parole
[9-1380] Youth Koori Court

[10-1000] Legislation

[11-1000] Practice and procedure, practice notes, guide and protocols

[11-1000] Practice and procedure
[11-2000] Practice Notes
[11-3000] Guide — criminal jurisdiction
[11-4000] Protocols and guidelines

[12-1000] Articles and other resources

[12-1000] Doli incapax — the criminal responsibility of childrenM Johnston and R Khalilizadeh
[12-2000] Proving the criminal responsibility of children: RP v The QueenH Dhanji SC, J Roy and S McLaughlin
[12-3000] Youth justice in Australia 2021–2022
[12-4000] Youth justice in Australia: themes from recent enquiriesG Clancey, S Wang and B Lin
[12-5000] What are the characteristics of effective youth offender programs?K Pooley
[12-6000] Youth detention population 2023
[12-7000] Youth crime in NSW: An environmental scanP Johnstone
[12-8000] Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and youth justice in WAC Bower et al
[12-9000] Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the Australian justice contextN Reid et al
[12-9500] Sentencing juvenile offenders on indictmentHis Honour Judge Gordon Lerve

[13-1000] Apprehended violence orders

[14-1000] Compulsory schooling orders

[15-1000] Youth Koori Court

[16-1000] Costs

[17-1000] Archived material

[17-1000] Care and protection — President’s speeches

[17-1000] Children’s participation: a look towards the futureP Johnstone
[17-2000] Children’s Court update 2016P Johnstone
[17-3000] Children’s Court: driving a paradigm shiftP Johnstone
[17-4000] Care appeals from the Children’s CourtP Johnstone
[17-5000] Child protection legislative reformsP Johnstone

[18-1000] Care and protection — articles

[18-1000] Relevance of attachment theory in care proceedingsM Allerton
[18-2000] How are children different?M Allerton
[18-3000] Care proceedings and appeals to the District CourtM Marien SC
[18-4000] New arrangements for DR procedures in care and protection matters
[18-5000] Contact guidelines for magistrates: background paperT Jovanovic
[18-6000] Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
[18-7000] Parenting capacityDr T Donald and J Jureidini
[18-8000] Assessing parenting capacity in a child welfare contextK Budd

[19-1000] Criminal — President’s speeches

[19-1000] Updates in the Children’s Court jurisdiction: 2018P Johnstone
[19-2000] Grey matter between right and wrongP Johnstone

[20-1000] Criminal — articles

[20-1000] Holistic approaches to reduce recidivism in young offendersJ Ravulo
[20-2000] What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offendersK Richards
[20-3000] Specific deterrent effect of custodial penalties on juvenile reoffendingD Weatherburn, S Vignaendra and A McGrath

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