Young people and going to court

There are many different types of sentences that a court can give a young person.

The type of sentence depends on the seriousness of the young person's crime and their circumstance. 

A court could do any of the following:

• continue the young person's bail, which may include electronic monitoring, with or without supervision
• order a young people attend a diversion program
• let the young person go with a warning and no penalty
• give the young person a fine
• order the young people to do community work
• put the young person on a good behaviour bond with or without supervision
• release the young person under certain supervision conditions
• order alternative detention, where the young person is released to home detention on strict restrictions, which may include electronic monitoring
• order a young person go to a detention centre for a period of time
• suspend their order to send a person to detention - which means a young person is released and may be on probation and under supervision.