This page is part of our information section on understanding your criminal record, and contains details of various sentences/disposals, with links to more information about the implications for each.

Police disposals not involving an admission of guilt

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• Community Resolution Order
• Warning (cannabis)
• Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) / Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND)
• Harassment Warning

Police disposals involving an admission of guilt

• Simple caution (including youth caution)
• Conditional caution (including youth conditional caution)

There’s also some general information about out-of-court disposals.

Court-issued community sentences

• Absolute discharge
• Conditional discharge
• Court fine
• Community order
• Criminal behaviour order
• Referral order (under 18)
• Suspended prison sentence

Prison-sentences

• Detention and training order (under 18)
• Prison sentence

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