Sixteen-year-old Army Cadet Joseph Lappin was killed after being attacked by 10 young men outside a youth club in Everton in October 2008.
James Moore, 17, from Liverpool pleaded guilty to murder and was given a minimum sentence of 17 years this week. During proceedings the court was told how Moore had repeatedly breached his Asbo.
Youth worker Shaun Glanville runs the Cells community project in Liverpool, which gives young people a taste of what life is like behind bars through a mobile prison.
He said: "They are just dishing out Asbos out now without monitoring the kids that they are given to. As well as giving Asbos you have to put them forward to organisations like us so they can get something out of it.
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