Court Orders

Reprimand
This is a formal verbal warning given by a police officer to a young person who admits their guilt. It is given for a minor first offence.

Community Rehabilitation Order
This is only available to the courts for young people aged 16-17. It is equivalent to a Supervision Order, but is for this specific age of person.

Community Rehabilitation and Punishment Order
This sentence is only available to courts for young people aged 16-17. It involves elements of both the Community Punishment Order and the Community Rehabilitation Order.
It can last for between 12 months and three years. The unpaid community work can last between 40 and 100 hours.

Detention and Training Order
This order sentences a young person to custody. It can be given to 12 to 17-year-olds. The length of the sentence can be between four months and two years.
The first half of the sentence is spent in custody whilst the second half is spent in the community under our supervision.

Attendance Centre Order
This sentences a young person to come to an attendance centre. These are normally run by police officers.
The regime typically involves discipline, physical training, social skills and some form of practical activity - e.g. carpentry.
The order can last up to 36 hours depending on the age of the offender and the seriousness of the offence. This sentence is supervised by the Attendance Centre Officer in Charge.

Community Punishment Order
This is only available to courts for young people aged 16-17. It requires a young person to complete unpaid community work for a period of 40-240 hours.
Examples of the type of activities involved might be:

• Carpentry

• Conservation

• Decorating

• working with the elderly or vulnerable.

This sentence is supervised by the Probation Service Community Service Team.

Acceptable Behaviour Contract
This is given when we identify a young person who is behaving anti-socially at a low level.
Together with the young person and their parents/carers, a contract is made under which the young person agrees to stop the behaviour and undertake activities to support the agreement.

Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO)
An ASBO can be applied for by the police and / or a council.
The order can be used with anyone who is over 10 years of age who is behaving in a manner that causes distress or harassment to an individual or a group of people in the community.
The order stops the young person from going to particular places or doing particular things. If they do not comply with the ASBO they can be prosecuted.
You can find out more about how we deal with anti-social behaviour.

Individual Support Order (ISO)
When an ASBO is issued against a young person aged 10-17, they are obliged to make an ISO if we think this is likely to prevent further anti-social behaviour.
The ISO will involve activities designed to address the causes of the anti-social behaviour - e.g. substance misuse work or anger management.
The order can last up to six months and may require a young person to see us for up to two sessions a week.

Local Child Curfew
Under this order all children under 10 must be in their homes by a certain time in the evening.
Children found outside their homes after the curfew can be made the subject of a Child Safety Order. This order can be applied for by the council and can last for up to 90 days.