What sentence can the Youth Court give?
• An absolute discharge. • A fine. • A compensation order to the victim of the offence. • A community service order to perform a specified amount of work for the community. • Detention, where necessary, for treatment where the young person, the parents, and the facility consent to such an order. • Probation for up to two years. • Committal to intermittent or continuous custody for a specified period. • Any additional conditions that the judge considers are in the best interest of society or the young offender, such as the surrender of illegal goods or a prohibition against the possession of firearms. • Any combination of these dispositions as long as the combination does not exceed the stated maximum of three years. What does a Committal to Custody involve? A Committal to Custody means the young person will be admitted to a specially designated residential facility from which his/her access to the community is restricted. • Open Custody means admission to places like community resident
