The court is being set up by Hull Local Education Authority, with help from the Center for Court Innovation, the American think-tank that helped set up the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre and New Yorks Red Hook Community Justice Center.
The young people will decide how their peers who have pleaded guilty to low-level offences such as antisocial behaviour can put things right. The sessions, which will take place in school settings, will be overseen by a senior person such as a magistrate, probation officer or teacher.
They will encourage the young person to explain what motivated them to offend and there will be a strong restorative justice theme to their decision-making. The Center for Court Innovation will provide the young people with training for their duties from the end of next month.
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