An Outline of the Community Service Order
109528 Formerly known as a Community Service Order introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 1972, a community punishment order [1] is now regulated by the Powers of Criminal Courts Act of 2000. The aims of a community punishment order is solely to reform the offender whilst he/she remains in the community, allow an opportunity to reflect on the criminal act for which s/he has been sentenced, the order is a method of rehabilitation preventing the offender from falling into a […]