Sexual Offences Curriculum

Sexual Offences Education: Law, Social Context and Practice Curriculum

The Curriculum is about sexual offences in the Victorian criminal justice system. Each topic in the Curriculum comprises:

• an outline of the area of study
• a description of previous learning approaches
• legislation and cases
• papers and presentations previously used in judicial and professional legal education
• an extensive list of other relevant resources.

The Curriculum is intended to assist organisations involved with judicial and professional legal education to design consistent and quality programs by taking account of work already done by others. The resources and references included in the Curriculum provide an ongoing library of material to assist judicial officers, practitioners and other professionals involved in sexual offence matters in Victoria.

The Curriculum reflects the law as at 1 July 2008. Papers and presentations contained within the Curriculum reflect the law as at the time of their creation (specified within).

Authorised Users

Access to this Curriculum is restricted to the judiciary and others authorised by the Judicial College, including organisations involved with judicial and professional legal education.

All users must agree to the terms and conditions before using this Curriculum.
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Logging-in

Access is password-protected. The Judicial College supplies and manages the username and password. If you require assistance or access, please contact the Judicial College on (03) 9603 9200 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm), or email info@judicialcollege.vic.edu.au.

Other Resources

The Judicial College of Victoria has produced an educational DVD, Sexual Offences: The Case for Change. The program is designed to encourage behavioural and attitudinal change in the handling of sexual offence cases. While access to the program is currently restricted to Victorian judicial officers organisations interested in using it for judicial or professional legal education should contact the Judicial College on (03) 9603 9200 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm), or email info@judicialcollege.vic.edu.au.

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