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CurrentObjects of a youth justice custodial order
Chapter 7Sentencing
Part 7.13Sentences of detention
Division 2Youth justice custodial orders
326 Objects of a youth justice custodial order
The objects of a youth justice custodial order are—
(a)
to provide a clear consequence for the significant offending behaviour of the child in respect of whom the order is made; and
(b)
to protect the community from further significant offending by the child; and
(c)
to respond to the child's individual risks and needs and any underlying causes of the child's offending behaviour; and
(d)
to support the child to positively develop and to transition back to the community to assume a positive role in society.
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