Community Reparation Orders

A community reparation order (CRO) is a low tariff order and is confined to summary cases: that is, crimes of a less serious nature that are heard without a jury in the district and sheriff courts. They focus specifically on making reparation for anti-social behaviour by providing 10 to 100 hours of unpaid work.

CROs enable us to increase the existing range of community disposals. Existing arrangements with a restorative element are either high tariff, such as community service orders, or designed to deal with a specific group, such as supervised attendance orders for fine defaulters.