Youth offending

This section of the website contains information about youth offending orders.

An order is made by the court when someone is found guilty of an offence and it details what punishment is given to the person for the offence.

Police may also use a variety of pre-court orders in an attempt to divert young people from the youth justice system.

Below you can find further information about the different orders that exist:

• Referral orders
• Supervision order
• Reparation order
• Final warnings
• Parenting orders
• Preventing youth crime and working with young offenders
• Implementation of orders
• Court procedures
• Preventative services
• Action Plan order
• Community rehabilitation order (formerly called probation order)