COMMUNITY SENTENCE YOUTH OFFENDERS

Question 1

What is the name of the new community sentence order?

Answer 1

Youth Rehabilitation Order

Question 2

What Act brought in the Youth Rehabilitation Order?

Answer 2

Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

Question 3

What are the 15 requirements?

Answer 3

• activity requirement
• attendance centre requirement
• prohibited activity requirement
• programme requirement
• curfew requirement
• drug requirement
• drug testing requirement
• education requirement
• exclusion requirement -
• intoxicating substance treatment
• local authority residence requirement
• residence requirement
• mental health requirement
• supervision requirement
• unpaid work (16-17yrs) requirement

Question 4

Which 3 requirements are solely aimed at youth offenders?

Answer 4

• local authority
• education requirement
• attendance centre requirement

Question 5

What does the local authority residence requirement do?

Answer 5

an offender under 17 can be placed in care of the local authority

Question 6

What age group is an attendance centre requirement aimed at ?

Answer 6

10-25 and under

Question 7

how many hours a week is required for an attendance centre requirement?
maximum hours for:
-16-24 years
-14-15 years 
-under 14 
-minimum hours for all

Answer 7

• 2/3 hours a week
• 36 hours
• 24 hours
• 12 hours
• 12 hours

Question 8

The attendance centre requirements were originally run by the police, who runs them now?

Answer 8

The probation service

Question 9

When are attendance centre requirements usually held?

Answer 9

Saturday afternoons

Question 10

What is the circumstance in which an attendance centre requirement can not be made?

Answer 10

If the offender has served a period of detention previously

Question 11

What is the max fine for
10-13years
14-17 years
18+ years ?

Answer 11

£250
£1000
£5000

Question 12

When are conditional discharges most commonly used?

Answer 12

For first time young offenders who have committed a minor offence

Question 13

What are reprimands and warnings?

Answer 13

-not sentences passed by a court but methods used by the police to deal with offenders without bringing the case to court

Question 14

What are the circumstances in which a reprimand can be given?
(2)

Answer 14

• There must be evidence that a child or young person has committed an offence and has admitted to it
• police must be satisfied that it is not in the publics interest for offender to be prosecuted

Question 15

When can a reprimand not be given?

Answer 15

-When the offender has previously been convicted of a crime

Question 16

What are the circumstances in which an offender be warned? (2)

Answer 16

• Only if they have not been warned before

- If warning was more than 2 years before

Question 17

What happens after a youth offender is warned?

Answer 17

they must be referred to the Youth Offending Team

Question 18

What happens after an offender has been warned and referred to a Youth Offending Team?

Answer 18

arranges offender to participate in a rehabilitation scheme

Question 19

If the parent agrees, how long can they be bound to keep their child under control ?

Answer 19

set period of up to 1 year

Question 20

Can a youth offender be given both a conditional and absolute discharge & why?

Answer 20

Both conditional and absolute discharges can be used for any offender of any ages

Question 21

What does an education requirement target?

Answer 21

Those at school age

Question 22

When can a reprimand be given as the first step?

Answer 22

If the child or young person has not been previously reprimanded or warned

Question 23

When can a reprimand not be given? (2)

Answer 23

• If they have been previously reprimanded or warned

- IF the constable considers the offence to be so serious as to require a warning