1. Horizontal syllabus… CATEGORIES OF CRIME Offences against the person
Offences against the sovereign
Economic offences
property
white collar
computer
Drug offences
Driving offences
Public Order offences
Preliminary Crimes
attempts
conspiracy
CRIMES against the person
CRIMES against the
sovereign
Economic CRIMES
property CRIMES
white collar CRIMES
computer CRIMES
Drug CRIMES
Driving CRIMES
Public Order CRIMES
Preliminary CRIMES
attemped CRIMES
conspiracy to commit a CRIME

2. Murder (killing someone and intending to kill them, or at least cause grievous/serious bodily harm)
Manslaughter (voluntary and involuntary)
Assault (the threat and/or use of violence)
Sexual assault (sexual contact without the other person’s consent – you cannot consent if you are under 16 or severely intellectually disabled)
Offences against the person
Treason – Attempting to take over the government by force; fighting in a war against your own country; selling government secrets to an enemy country; etc
Sedition – Trying to get other people to go against the government (e.g. R v Sharkey (1949) where Sharkey said in a newspaper interview that Australians should let the Soviet Union take over Australia
Offences against the sovereign
Property crimes – ‘Larceny’ (stealing someone’s property, e.g. car theft); ‘Robbery’ (stealing something from someone who is there, e.g. mugging, bank robbery); etc
White collar crimes – Business crimes – ‘Embezzlement’ (stealing from your own company); ‘Insider trading’ (illegally using secret information to profit from the sharemarket); tax evasion; etc
Computer crimes – Umm.. Crimes involving computers, like ‘hacking’; spreading viruses; etc (new section about ‘computer crime’ only added to the Crimes Act in 2001!)
Economic offences
CATEGORIES OF CRIME
Offences against the person
Offences against the sovereign
Economic offences
property
white collar
computer
Drug offences
Driving offences
Public Order offences
Preliminary Crimes
attempts
conspiracy

3. CATEGORIES OF CRIME Drug offences
Anything that has to do with possessing, using, supplying, selling, manufacturing/growing or importing illegal drugs (or prescription drugs without being legally allowed to)
Offences against the person
Offences against the sovereign
Economic offences
property
white collar
computer
Drug offences
Driving offences
Public Order offences
Preliminary Crimes
attempts
conspiracy
Driving offences
Speeding; reckless driving; driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
NSW speeding penalties were reduced in 2009 for people caught going under 10km/h over the limit (1 point, $84 fine). However, the penalties for going over that were increased
Public Order offences (he he, POOs)
Actions that are deemed (considered) offensive to the public, but generally legal in your own home (they disrupt the ‘order’ of the public)
Offensive language (though anything less than the “c” word is generally not considered “offensive” any more); public nudity; soliciting (offering/accepting) prostitution
Preliminary Crimes
Attempts - EXCEPT FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER, any attempt to commit a crime is punishable to the same extent as if the person actually succeeded in doing it
Conspiracy - When two or more people jointly plan (“conspire”) to commit a crime together. Since the people involved haven’t actually committed the crime yet, it is very difficult to prove conspiracy. If the prosecution wants to prove this, it helps to have evidence like written plans, phone tapping, etc.