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The Youth Inclusion Programme and Youth Inclusion and Support Panels are to be expanded by 50 per cent as part of the Home Office’s five year plan.

The two Youth Justice Board programmes aim to divert young people from age eight to sixteen from getting involved in crime.

Currently the YIPs, which are for 13 to 16 year olds,  runs in 72 neighbourhoods in England and Wales. They are funded jointly by the YJB and Lottery’s New Opportunities Fund.

YISPs are multi agency panels set up to prevent anti-social behaviour and offending by 8 to 13 year olds by identifying children at risk and helping families access appropriate services.

The strategic plan also outlines measures for neighbourhood policing teams,  and more use of new technology such as satellite tracking to monitor offenders,.

Fixed penalty notices will be extended to new offences including the misuse of fireworks, and new ways to tackle antisocial behaviour will be piloted in 50 areas.

These will include specialist prosecutors and anti-social behaviour response courts.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs3/strategicplan.html