The Salford pilot will echo the aims of the Community Justice Centre in Liverpool but involve the community in the existing magistrates' court rather than setting up a separate centre (YPN, 7-13 July 2004, p2).
A Home Office spokesman said it is too early to say how the pilot would affect magistrates' approaches to antisocial behaviour, but the idea is "to get the community involved in what they want to happen to young offenders".
He added that the scheme should be up and running this autumn.
Salford City Council has a reputation for issuing high numbers of antisocial behaviour orders and one idea behind the scheme is to increase co-operation between groups within the council that work in this area.
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