Children and young people

When young people offend and enter the youth justice system, we have statutory duties at almost every stage. These may vary from final warnings to court proceedings, supervision of community sentences, custody and resettlement.

Much of our work is concerned with preventing young people entering the youth justice system and helping young people who do offend to change their attitudes and behaviour to avoid committing further offences. We do this mainly through local Youth Inclusion and Support Panels and by working closely with our partners.

Severity of intervention or sentence increases down the list:

1. Prevention  
   1. Youth Inclusion and Support Panels (YISP)  
2. Pre-court
   1. Reprimand and final warning
   2. Referral order
   3. Reparation
3. Community Penalties
   1. Youth Rehabilitation Order
   2. Intensive supervision and surveillance
4. Custody
   1. Youth Offender Institute, Secure Training Centre
      or secure local authority accommodation
5. Post-sentence
   1. Resettlement and Aftercare provision

There is more information for children and young people on the Youth Justice Board's website.