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<p>The Government introduced a rationalised youth out of court framework in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This consists of the youth caution and the youth conditional caution and came into effect for offences committed from 8 April 2013. The youth equivalent of a caution prior to this date was a reprimand or warning as reflected in the table.</p><p>The average number of previous cautions for those young offenders sentenced to custody for the first time has decreased by 18%. On average, 1.07 previous cautions were received by an offender prior to their first custodial sentence in the 12 month period ending March 2013, compared to 1.3 previous cautions in the same period ending March 2009.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Table1: Number of juvenile offenders sentenced to their first custodialsentence for any offence, by year, number of and average previousreprimands or warnings1, for 12 month periodending March, 2009 to2013<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Numberof juveniles sentenced to custody for firsttime<br /></td><td valign="top" /></tr><tr><td valign="top">Yearto end ofMarch<br /></td><td valign="top">Total<br /></td><td valign="top">Nopreviousreprimands/warnings1<br /></td><td valign="top">Withone previousreprimand/warning<br /></td><td valign="top">Withtwo previousreprimands/warnings<br /></td><td valign="top">Withthree or more previousreprimands/warnings<br /></td><td valign="top">Averagenumber of previousreprimands/warnings<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">3,996<br /></td><td valign="top">874<br /></td><td valign="top">1,317<br /></td><td valign="top">1,553<br /></td><td valign="top">252<br /></td><td valign="top">1.303<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">3,200<br /></td><td valign="top">741<br /></td><td valign="top">1,036<br /></td><td valign="top">1,234<br /></td><td valign="top">189<br /></td><td valign="top">1.282<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">2,855<br /></td><td valign="top">700<br /></td><td valign="top">886<br /></td><td valign="top">1,083<br /></td><td valign="top">186<br /></td><td valign="top">1.274<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">2,684<br /></td><td valign="top">787<br /></td><td valign="top">836<br /></td><td valign="top">943<br /></td><td valign="top">118<br /></td><td valign="top">1.149<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013<br /></td><td valign="top">1,637<br /></td><td valign="top">555<br /></td><td valign="top">502<br /></td><td valign="top">502<br /></td><td valign="top">78<br /></td><td valign="top">1.066<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Previous reprimand/warning count is based on number of previousoccasions a reprimand or warning was given, where multiple reprimandwarnings are given on the same occasions, the primary offence isused.<br />Source:<br />Ministryof Justice (Police NationalComputer)<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |