Youth Justice Services
What is a Custody and Community Supervision Order?
A Custody and Community Supervision Order is an order from the Court where the youth will serve two thirds of his/her sentence in custody and the remaining one third under supervision conditions in the...
In its Declaration of Principles, the Youth Criminal Justice Act states that the intent of the youth criminal justice system is to:
prevent crime by addressing circumstances underlying a young person's offending behaviour;
rehabilitate young...
What is a Deferred Custody and Conditional Supervision Order?
A Deferred Custody and Conditional Supervision Order is a court order which sentences a youth to custody but allows them to serve the sentence in the community, provided that they comply with...
What is Extra-Judicial Sanctions?
Extra-Judicial Sanctions is a program that diverts the young person from the formal criminal court system while still holding him/her accountable for a criminal code offence. This program is similar to the Adult...
What is a Fine Option Program?
The Fine Option Program allows a youth the option of paying a fine, in part or whole, through the performance of Community Service Work. Community Service Work is volunteer hours performed for non-profit community...
Youth Justice Services provides supervision of Court ordered dispositions such as Probation Orders, Deferred Custody and Conditional Supervision Orders, Custody and Community Supervision Orders, as well prepares for and provides to the Youth Court, Pre-...
What is a Pre-sentence Report?
A Pre-sentence Report is a report prepared by a Youth Justice Worker and contains information on a person’s character, education, family history, work experience, attitude, etc. The Judge, the Crown Attorney, your lawyer...
What is a Probation Order?
A Probation Order is a court order which requires a young person to comply with conditions while on Probation. All probation orders have the following standard conditions:
Keep the peace and be of good behaviour
Appear...