p2 UNIT 12 PUBLIC SERVICES
P2 State the main sentences and orders criminal courts can impose
Youth Sentences: A Detention and Training Order (DTO) is available for offenders aged between 12 and 17. The length of a DTO will be between four months and two years.
Pre-court measures
Community resolutions
Youth Caution
Youth Conditional Caution
Final Warnings and Reprimands – the 'final warning scheme ' – were replaced by youth cautions and youth conditional cautions on 8 April 2013, as part of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Anti-social behavior measures
Acceptable Behavior Contract
Anti-Social Behavior Order
Other measures
Local Child Curfew
Gang Injunctions
Youth Restorative Disposal (pilot measure)
Measures for under-10-year-olds Child Safety Order
Sentences in the community
Youth Rehabilitation Order
Referral Order
Reparation Order
Fine
Conditional Discharge
Absolute Discharge
Drinking Banning Order
A Community Rehabilitation Order (CRO) was previously a Probation Order. A CRO is a sentence made by the courts for offenders aged 16 years and over. It can be made for any period between six months and three years.
Ensure young people take responsibility for their offending
Help offenders resolve any personal difficulties which may have contributed to their offending
Help become a law abiding , responsible member of the community
Child Safety order:
These are issued when a child of 10 or under has committed what would have been an offence if they had been older, have broken a curfew or have caused harassment, alarm or distress to people outside the household The order typically lasts three months but can last up to a year The order is designed to give the child care, protection, support and control
Financial Penalties:
These are normally known as fines They are convenient and less expensive to the taxpayer than other forms of penalty However, not all offenders have the money to pay for them All fines follow a standard
Youth Sentences: A Detention and Training Order (DTO) is available for offenders aged between 12 and 17. The length of a DTO will be between four months and two years.
Pre-court measures
Community resolutions
Youth Caution
Youth Conditional Caution
Final Warnings and Reprimands – the 'final warning scheme ' – were replaced by youth cautions and youth conditional cautions on 8 April 2013, as part of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Anti-social behavior measures
Acceptable Behavior Contract
Anti-Social Behavior Order
Other measures
Local Child Curfew
Gang Injunctions
Youth Restorative Disposal (pilot measure)
Measures for under-10-year-olds Child Safety Order
Sentences in the community
Youth Rehabilitation Order
Referral Order
Reparation Order
Fine
Conditional Discharge
Absolute Discharge
Drinking Banning Order
A Community Rehabilitation Order (CRO) was previously a Probation Order. A CRO is a sentence made by the courts for offenders aged 16 years and over. It can be made for any period between six months and three years.
Ensure young people take responsibility for their offending
Help offenders resolve any personal difficulties which may have contributed to their offending
Help become a law abiding , responsible member of the community
Child Safety order:
These are issued when a child of 10 or under has committed what would have been an offence if they had been older, have broken a curfew or have caused harassment, alarm or distress to people outside the household The order typically lasts three months but can last up to a year The order is designed to give the child care, protection, support and control
Financial Penalties:
These are normally known as fines They are convenient and less expensive to the taxpayer than other forms of penalty However, not all offenders have the money to pay for them All fines follow a standard