Community Supervision Essay

Community supervision also known as community sanction; and could mean a probation order; a community service order or a combination order. Non-custodial sentences or community supervisions can be seen as a substitution to a prison sentence and it’s the court that may choose whether or not to give a non-custodial sentence. In Malta the different types of supervision services which are offered include; the Pre-Sentence Report (PSR), Social Inquiry Reports (SIR), Provisional Supervision Order, Probation Order, Community Service Order (CSO), Combination Order and Suspended Sentence Supervision Order. Non-custodial sentence or orders can also be given to a youth. However, Youths are given different types of orders. These could be the attendance …show more content…
For A community service order to be given the offender must be older than 16 years of age and must consent to the order. The order which is given to a youth just like the one given to an adult, it cannot be for less than 40 hours but no longer than 240 hours and must be completed within one year. Compensation to the community in which the crime has been set is seen as a priority when issuing a CSO as it is seen as the offender is trying to make up for the harm he/she has inflicted upon society in general. The offender is expected to carry out the number of hours as stipulated by the Court in his free time and care is taken in order that such work does not replace paid work. This has to be strictly Volunteer work and this work could be for a non-profit organization or government agency. If an offender is already serving another, community service order, the offender shall not exceed more than 100 hours for the newly given order. The offender is required to work the hours as instructed. If the offender does not carry out the work, they will be returned to court, where they could receive a fine, or any other