Youth Justice in Process

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The work of Youth Offending Service is at the heart of the Youth Justice System.

The whole youth justice system is overseen on behalf of the government by the national Youth Justice Board. Visit the Youth Justice Board website for more detailed information about what the youth justice system does and how it works.

When young people offend and enter the youth justice system, we have statutory duties. These duties vary depending on the young person’s stage in the criminal justice process.

Kingston Youth Offending Services focuses on 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 through early identification and the offer of multiagency support programmers.

Severity of intervention or sentence increases down the list:

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

If  you have any questions or would like to speak to anyone from the Youth Offending Service please contact 020 8547 6920 and ask to speak to the duty worker.