A
- 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