Child Safety Orders

(http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/cdact/csorddft.htm)

These protect children under ten who are at risk of becoming involved in crime. A local authority can obtain an Order from court when a child under ten has breached a curfew or acted in a way that would be an offence or justify an ASBO if they were ten or over. The Order puts the child under supervision of a social worker or member of the Youth Offending Team. The Child Safety Order was implemented nationally in June 2000.

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