Youth justice glossary and acronyms

View a glossary and acronyms of words commonly associated with youth justice.

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AA
Appropriate Adult (during Police interviews)

Accommodated
Cared for by the Local Authority ('in care')

ABA
Acceptable Behaviour Agreement

ABC
Acceptable Behaviour Contract

ABH
Actual Bodily Harm (Assault)

AC
Attendance Centre

ACC
Assistant Chief Constable

ACCT
Assessment, Care in Custody, and Teamwork

ACO
Attendance Centre Order

ACPO
Association of Chief Police Officers

ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADSS
Association of Directors of Social Services

ADG
Area Delivery Group (part of LCJB)

APA
Annual Performance Assessment (government inspection)

APIS
Assessment, Planning Interventions and Supervision

APO
Action Plan Order

ASB
Anti-Social Behaviour

ASD
Asperger's Spectrum Disorder

ASBO
Anti-Social Behaviour Order

ASSET
YJB Assessment System (Offending)

AYM
Association of YOT Managers

B

BCS
British Crime Survey

BCU
Basic Command Unit (Police area)

BME
Black or Minority Ethnic

Breach(ed)
Failure to comply with Bail or Court Order

BSS
Bail Supervision and Support

C

CAB
Citizens Advice Bureau

CAF
Common Assessment Framework

CAFCASS
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

CAMHS
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

CARAT
Counselling Assessment Referral Advice and Throughcare (Prison Service)

Careworks
Youth Justice Case Management System

CDO
Court Duty Officer (representing YOT / YJS)

CDRP
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership

CIN
Child In Need (see Section 17)

CJSeM
Criminal Justice Secure Email

CJS
Criminal Justice Services (eg all the services collectively)

CJSSS
Criminal Justice: Simple, Speedy, Summary (target for service performance)

Class A (drugs)
Most serious - heroin, cocaine, crack, etc

Class B (drugs)
Intermediate - cannabis, amphetamines etc

Class C (drugs)
Least serious - ketamine, tranquilisers, etc

ContactPoint
National Children's Database

COSHH
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Health and Safety)

CPA
Comprehensive Performance Assessment (government inspection)

CPO
Community Punishment Order

CPA
Comprehensive Performance Assessment

CPR
Child Protection Register

CPRO
Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order

CPS
Crown Prosecution Service

CRASBO
Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order

CRB
Criminal Records Bureau

CRO
Community Rehabilitation Order

CSC
Children's Social Care (part of CYPS)

CSO
Child Safety Order

CWB
Central Witness Bureau

CYPP
Children and Young People's Plan

CYPS
Children and Young People's Services

D

DAAT
Drug and Alcohol Action Team

DCC
Deputy Chief Constable

DCSF
Department for Children, Schools and Families

DIP
Drugs Intervention Programme

DJ
District Judge

DPPO
Designated Public Places Order (eg street drinking bans)

DTO
Detention and Training Order

DTTO
Drug Treatment and Testing Order

DV
Domestic Violence

E

EAZ
Education Action Zones

EBD
Emotional and Behavioural Disorder (Education)

ECHR
European Court of Human Rights

ECM
Every Child Matters

EMA
Education Maintenance Allowance

EPO
Emergency Protection Order

E2E
Education To Employment (Youth Training Programme)

ETE
Education, Training and Employment

Extended Schools
Schools which provide wider services to their community

EYE
Electronic Yellow Envelope

F

F2052SH
Custody Self-Harm System (replaced by ACCT)

FGC
Family Group Conference

FIPS
Family Intervention Projects

FPN
Fixed Penalty Notice

FPU
Family Protection Unit (Police)

FW
Final Warning (Police Caution)

G

GBH
Grievous Bodily Harm (Assault)

H

HA
Housing Association

HDC
Home Detention Curfew (early release from custody)

HMYOI
(Her Majesty's) Young Offender Institution

I

IAG
Information, Advice and Guidance

IAP
Inclusion and Accountability Panel (Education)

ICT
Information and Communication Technology

IRO
Independent Reviewing Officer

ISM
Integrated Services Manager

ISO
Individual Support Order (made with a civil ASBO)

ISSP
Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Order

IVS
Independent Visitor Scheme (or Service)

IYS
Integrated Youth Support

J

JAR
Joint Area Review (government inspection)

JASP
Juvenile Awareness Staff Programme (Prison Service training)

JSA
Job-Seeker's Allowance

K

KEEP
Key Elements of Effective Practice (YJB practice guidance)

KPI
Key Performance Indicators

L

LAA
Local Area Agreement (targets for service performance)

LAC
Looked After Child

LASCH
Local Authority Secure Children's Home

LCJB
Local Criminal Justice Board

LSCB
Local Safeguarding Children's Board

LEA
Local Education Authority

LIO
Local Intelligence Officer (Police)

LMR
Local Management Review (following serious incident)

Looked After
Being cared for by the Local Authority ('in care')

LSC
Learning and Skills Council

M

MAPPA
Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements

MARAC
Multi Agency Risk Assessment Meeting (Domestic Violence)

MG Forms
Standard forms for investigation and prosecution of crime (Police & CPS)

N

NACRO
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders

NAPO
National Association of Probation Officers

NCRS
National Crime Recording Standard (Police)

NEET
Not in Education or Employment

Newton Hearing
A judicial decision about disputed facts in a court case

NJG
Narrowing the Justice Gap (targets for service performance)

NICHE
Police computer system

NIM
National Intelligence Model (Police)

NOMS
National Offender Management Service (adult)

NPD
National Probation Directorate (adult)

NS
National Standards (for Youth Justice)

NSA
National Standards Audit

NTA
National Treatment Agency (substance misuse)

O

OASys
Offender Assessment System (Adult)

OBTJ
Offences Bought to Justice (targets for service performance)

ONSET
YJB Assessment System (Prevention)

P

PACE Codes
Police and Criminal Evidence Act - rules for Police procedure

PAVA
Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide (Spray used by Police)

PAYP
Positive Activities for Young People (Prevention)

PCSO
Police Community Support Officer

PCT
Primary Care Trust (Health Service)

PENY
Police E-Notifications to YOTs (secure communication system)

PNC
Police National Computer

PND
Penalty Notice for Disorder

PPO
Prolific and Priority Offender

PRU
Pupil Referral Unit

PSA
Parent Support Advisor

PSR
Pre-Sentence Report

PYO
Persistent Young Offender

R

Revoke
To end a Court Order early (usually for good progress)

REOTAS
Receiving Education Other Than At School

RGN
Registered General Nurse

RIC
Remanded In Custody

RJ
Restorative Justice

RLAA
Remanded to Local Authority Accommodation

RMN
Registered Mental Health Nurse

ROM
Regional Offender Manager (part of NOMS)

ROSH
Risk Of Serious Harm (ASSET Form)

RoHS
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (Health and Safety)

RP
Restorative Process(es)

RSL
Registered Social Landlord (Housing Association)

RSO
Registered Sex Offender

RTA
Road Traffic Accident

RYOGENS
Reducing Youth Offending Generic National Solution (prevention database)

S

SAC
Senior Attendance Centre

Safeguarding
General term for Child Protection and Welfare Issues

Sanction Detection
A solved crime resulting in punishment for the offender (Police)

Section 17
Support for Children In Need (Children Act 1989)

Section 18
Wounding with Intent for GBH (Offences Against the Person Act 1861)

Section 20
Grievous Bodily Harm Assault (Offences Against the Person Act 1861)

Section 20
Voluntarily Looked After (Children Act 1989)

Section 30
Dispersal Order (Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003)

Section 31
Care Order (Children Act 1989)

Section 39
Common Assault (Criminal Justice Act 1988)

Section 47
Actual Bodily Harm Assault (Offences Against the Person Act 1861)

Section 90/91
Custodial sentence (Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000)

Sectioned
Detained in a hospital because of mental health needs

SEN
Special Educational Needs

SENCO
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

SCR
Serious Case Review (following serious incident)

SNT
Safer Neighbourhood Team (Police)

SP
Supporting People

SDR
Stand-Down Report (very brief PSR, sometimes verbal)

SLA
Service Level Agreement

SSP
Safer Schools Partnership

SSR
Specific Sentence Report (short written PSR)

STC
Secure Training Centre

STORM
Police computer system

SIFA
Screening Interview for Adolescents (CAMHS)

SOR
Sex Offender Register

SQUIFA
Screening Questionnaire Interview For Adolescents (CAMHS)

T

T Forms
Assessment and sentence planning system (custody)

TAC
Team Around the Child

TAP
Targeted Activities Programme

TCG
Tasking and Co-ordinating Group (Police)

TDA
Taking and Driving Away (car crime)

Themis
Performance Reporting System (YOT to YJB)

TIC
Taken Into Consideration

TWOC
Taking Without Owner's Consent (car crime)

TYS
Targeted Youth Support

U

UNCRC
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

V

ViSOR
Violent And Sex Offenders Register (supports MAPPA)

W

WUYJ
Wiring Up Youth Justice (YJB ICT project)

Y

YIP
Youth Inclusion Programme (Prevention)

YISP
Youth Inclusion Support Panel (Prevention)

YJB
Youth Justice Board

YJMIS
Youth Justice Management Information System

YJS
Youth Justice Service (or YOT)

YJS
Youth Justice System (eg all the services collectively)

YOI
Young Offender Institution

YOIS
Youth Justice Case Management System

YOS
Youth Offending Service

YOT
Youth Offending Team (or YJS)

YRD
Youth Restorative Disposal (informal Police Warning)

YRO
Youth Rehabilitation Order