With the government and the Youth Justice Board (YJB) increasingly keen on keeping young offenders out of custody, the use of community orders has grown in recent years.
Antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos), criminal justice orders and the granting of bail can all produce positive results but often create a headache for youth justice agencies and sentencers if they are breached.
Repeated breaches can even leave magistrates facing the prospect of sending a child into custody for breaching an order imposed for an offence that didn't meet the custody threshold in the first place.
YJB data shows that breach of a statutory order is the only offence type that has increased every year.
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