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Missing Children legislation
The Interpol site offers access to missing children legislation in Australia.
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Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Amendment Act 1994

Partnerships Against Domestic Violence (1997- June 2001)
A commitment by the Commonwealth Government and the States and Territories to address the problem of domestic violence in Australia. The aim is to build strategic collaboration between governments at all levels to test new approaches to domestic violence, to enhance and share knowledge and develop and document good practice in preventing and responding to domestic violence. The site offers information about the projects which contribute to knowledge and good practice and much more. The publications page provides access to major related documents.
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Partnerships Against Domestic Violence - Final Draft Competency Standards for people who come into professional contact with those affected by domestic/family violence (July 2000)
Draft Information Booklet for implementation of competency standards (June 2000). To view and download these documents and for further information about the development of the competency standards, clickhere.
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Victim Support Australasia (VSA; formerly the Australasian Victims of Crime Associations) documents
VSA is the representative voice of crime victim services throughout Australasia. It �exists to advance the interests of people victimized by crime and encourage the development of support services throughout Australasia, whilst striving towards a crime free society�.

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o Recommended Levels of Service for Jurisdictions (1997)
Position Paper No. 1. The paper sets out a framework for recommended minimum levels of service provision in victim support for any Australasian jurisdiction.
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o Recommended Framework for Victim Support Services in Jurisdictions(1998)
Position Paper No. 2. This paper aims to assist and advise Governments and others in planning direct services to crime victims.
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o A Partnership with Police Services (1998)
Position Paper No. 3. The paper provides an outline for the police-victim support relationship that constitutes the heart of services for crime victims.
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o The Role of Volunteers in Victim Support (1999)
Position Paper No 4. The paper provides a framework for victims� services for the recruitment, selection, training and management of volunteers involved in service delivery.
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o Victim Support Australasia Three Year Strategic Plan (1998-2000)
An outline of VSA Aims and how VSA hopes to achieve them, by year
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o Preventing Crime by Supporting Crime Victims (May 2000)
A proposal to the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General from Victim Support Australasia
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New South Wales (NSW)

Legislation Administered by the Victims Compensation Tribunal

Victim Impact Statements in New South Wales
Information jointly produced by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Victims of Crime Bureau.

The New South Wales Charter of Victims Rights

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Queensland (QLD)

Criminal Offence Victims Regulation 1995 (QLD)
(compensation to victims of criminal offences)

Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995 (QLD)
An Act to establish principles of justice for victims of criminal offences and to make provision for the payment of compensation to them

Australia Capital territory (ACT)

Victims of Crime Act 1994 (ACT)
Victims of Crime Act 1994 No. 83 1994
Acts Revision (Victims of Crime) Act 1994 No. 84 of 1994 (ACT) An act to revise certain Acts to make further provision in relation to victims of crime: Bail Act 1992; Crimes Act 1900; Parole Act 1976

South Australia (SA)
Achievements in SA victim policy
An overview of initiatives, along with other steps taken by government agencies and non-government organisations since the Government released the reports on the review on victims of crime.
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Victims of Crime Act 2001
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Information for Victims of Crime Booklet (November 2001) Attorney-General�s Department, Government of South Australia
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Office of the Victims of Crime Co-ordinator, South Australia Attorney-General�s Department

Review on Victims of Crime
The first report (May 1999) presents an overview of victim reforms and associated initiatives taken in South Australia since the enactment of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act in 1969; explores the impact of the Declaration of Rights for Victims of Crime, which was promulgated by the South Australia State Government in 1985 and considers arguments for and against enshrining these rights in legislation; examines the provision of victim services and other assistance; examines the operation and effectiveness of victim impact statements, and includes comment on the right of victims to read such statements to sentencing courts. The second report (December 2000) presents the findings of a survey of over 200 victims of crime designed to gain insight into how well victim needs were being met. The third report (December 2000) examines operation of the state criminal injuries compensation scheme and recommends a range of options to improve the operation of the scheme.

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Western Australia
_Best Practice Model for the Provision of Programs for Victims of Domestic Violence in Western Australia._Second, revised edition (2000) Perth, Australia: Domestic Violence Prevention Unit, Women�s Policy Office for Western Australia
The best practice model seeks to establish ciore ideas about the quality of services for victims of family and domestic violence. The model also sets parameters for duty of care for both the victims why approach services and for workers within those services. The purchasing of services by funding agencies is linked to the essential principles of the best practice model and are non-negotiable.
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Best Practice Model for the Provision of Programs for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence in Western Australia. Second, revised edition (2000) Perth, Australia: Domestic Violence Prevention Unit, Women�s Policy Office for Western Australia
This document is intended as a basis for standardizing the quality of service delivery in programs for perpetrators of domestic violence, while allowing some flexibililty in the response of service deliverers to the diversity of the target population and context across the State of Western Australia. Perpetrator programs may be offered in prisons or community based settings. They may use individual, or group counseling or a combination of such approaches. Participants may attend voluntarily or by a process of being court mandated. All programs must maintain a consistent and primary focus on victim safety. This best practice model is intended to apply across the range of such programs and regardlesss of the legal status of participants.
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Related literature on the Internet

David, F. (June 2000) Child Sex Tourism. Australian Institute of Criminology, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 156
This paper provides an overview of the Australian Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Amendment Act 1994 and reviews a number of cases which have een prosecuted since it became law.

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