Penalties, sentences and police

Includes being charged with a crime, cautions, community sentences and police powers

Penalties and sentences

• Being charged with a crime
• How sentences are worked out
• Community sentences
• Punishments for antisocial behaviour
• Drink-drive rehabilitation courses
• Drugs penalties

Police and being arrested

• Being arrested: your rights
• Being stopped by the police while driving
• Police powers of arrest: your rights
• Police cautions, warnings and penalty notices
• Police powers to stop and search: your rights
• Protests and marches: letting the police know
• Get a police check on someone that has contact with a child
• Get a copy of your police records
• Police and crime commissioners
• Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and special constables