Youth offending - community order
What is a community order?
Young people aged 16 to 17 years may be subject to community sentences designed for adults. The maturity of the young offender, the offence, and the nature of intervention that can be given under the order are considered by the court before sentence.
What are the "adult sentences" available for 16 and 17 year olds?
- Community Rehabilitation Order
- Community Punishment Order
- Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order
How does it work?
Community Rehabilitation Order. This is like a supervision order, but the young person must take more responsibility for their behaviour, especially for attending sessions.
Weekly appointments at the Youth Offending Service (YOS) are scheduled for the first 12 weeks of the order.
Six appointments are made within the second 12 weeks, after which appointments may reduce to monthly contact
Community Rehabilitation Order? This is unpaid work in the community. Its is organised by a team run by the National Offender Management Service and local community groups are involved in deciding what work is done to benefit the community.
Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order. Crime affects the whole of the community and paying something back that helps is a way to put right the harm done. In community punishment and rehabilitation orders (CPROs) the first community service work session must take place within 10 days of the order being made.
Your YOS worker will carry out an assessment and design an intervention plan to address any issues that have been identified.
The minimum contact is twice a week for the duration of the order and can include work on: offending behaviour, education/training/employment, victim awareness, reparation, substance misuse, and other constructive activities.
Page last updated: 16/06/2009
