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Similar special measures may also be made available for disabled victims and people who fear they will be targeted by thugs for speaking up.

The proposals from Louise Casey, the former head of Tony Blair's Respect task force, will be published as part of her year-long review of crime and communities.

Anonymity in court is currently automatic for children and anyone who has suffered a sexual attack can request "special measures" to protect their identity. In such cases, victims give evidence from behind a screen and even their voice can be changed to protect their identity.

A Whitehall source said: "One of the proposals is around anonymity for vulnerable victims for reasons such as old age, disability and those who have a genuine fear of intimidation or reprisal."

Ms Casey's report also says that offenders ordered to carry out community punishment should be forced to wear high-visibility bibs to identify them as criminals.

Work projects for offenders would be re-named "community payback" and run by private companies and other organisations such as charities rather than the Probation Service.

The proposals follow a year-long review ordered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on how to raise public confidence in the criminal justice system.

The report is expected to propose that they should complete their community work more quickly.

Those placed on the most serious of a two-tier scheme should be required to work three nights a week and one day a weekend if employed, it will say, and five days a week if unemployed. Currently offenders are allowed to complete an order over a period of years.