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A pilot project in which new "youth juries" will decide what will happen to young offenders is being launched in Lancashire.
Campaigners have welcomed the establishment of the new Ministry of Justice but warned that it faces huge challenges.
The findings of Home Office research into restorative justice projects which bring together victims of crime and offenders, have been welcomed as 'very positive'.