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   What happens if a child is sentenced in a youth court?

   • Sentences can be spent in secure children’s homes, secure training centres and young offender institutions. If a child or young person between 12 and 17 years old is sentenced in the youth court, they could be given a Detention and Training Order. This can last between four months and two years.

   Types of sentences for children and young people – Sentencing

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   What happens if a child is found guilty in a youth court?

   • Where the court decides that the case is suitable to be dealt with in the youth court it must warn the child or young person that all available sentencing options remain open and, if found guilty, the child or young person may be committed to the Crown Court for sentence.

   Sentencing Children and Young People

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   What should a court consider when sentencing a child or young person?

   • 1.1 When sentencing children or young people (those aged under 18 at the date of the finding of guilt) a court must 1 have regard to: 1.2 While the seriousness of the offence will be the starting point, the approach to sentencing should be individualistic and focused on the child or young person, as opposed to offence focused.

   Sentencing Children and Young People

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   Can a youth court impose a sentence?

   • 2.13 The court should bear in mind that the youth court now has a general power to commit for sentence (as discussed at paragraph 2.9); in appropriate cases this will permit a sentence to be imposed by the same court on adults and children and young people who have been tried separately.

   Sentencing Children and Young People

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   When should children and young people be sent to court?

   • Children and young people should only be sent for trial or committed for sentence to the Crown Court when charged with or found guilty of an offence of such gravity that a custodial sentence substantially exceeding two years is a realistic possibility.

   Sentencing Children and Young People

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   What should judges and magistrates consider when sentencing children and young people?

   • In these cases, judges and magistrates must follow the definitive guideline for sentencing children and young people, which came into force in 2017. When sentencing a child or young person, judges and magistrates must consider the main aim of the youth justice system: the prevention of offending. They will also consider the welfare of the child.

   Sentencing children and young people – Sentencing

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2. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk › sentencing-and-theTypes of sentences for children and young people – Sentencing

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   If a child or young person between 12 and 17 years old is sentenced in the youth court, they could be given a Detention and Training Order. This can last between four months and two years. A Detention and Training Order can also be given in the Crown Court.

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4. www.gov.uk › courts › youth-courtsCriminal courts: Youth courts - GOV.UK

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   Sentences a youth court can give. The court can give a range of sentences including: community sentences. Detention and Training Orders carried out in secure centres for young people. Appealing...

5. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk › overarching-guidesSentencing Children and Young People

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   Jun 1, 2017 · Where the court decides that the case is suitable to be dealt with in the youth court it must warn the child or young person that all available sentencing options remain open and, if found guilty, the child or young person may be committed to the Crown Court for sentence.

6. www.gov.uk › types-of-prison-sentence › sentencesTypes of prison sentence - GOV.UK

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   Contents. Concurrent and consecutive sentences. Suspended prison sentences. Determinate prison sentences. Indeterminate prison sentences. Life sentences. Sentences for children and young people...

7. www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk › sentencing-and-theSentencing children and young people – Sentencing

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   Learn how children and young people between 10 and 17 years old are dealt with and sentenced in the youth court or Crown Court. Find out the factors that affect the sentence given and the types of sentence options available.

8. www.cps.gov.uk › legal-guidance › children-suspectsChildren as suspects and defendants | The Crown Prosecution ...

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   A child below the age of 10 years cannot be guilty of a criminal offence: section 50 Children and Young Persons Act 1933. A child aged 10-17 inclusive may however find themselves involved with...

9. www.cps.gov.uk › crime-info › youth-crimeYouth crime - The Crown Prosecution Service

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   Children between 10 and 17 can be arrested and taken to court if they commit a crime. Identity of children accused of a crime. The identity of a child aged between 10 and 17 charged with a crime...