Anti Social Behaviour in the UK

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Anti Social Behaviour in the UK
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Big Mags

• Mags Haney became famous (or infamous) because of
  her anti social behaviour
• She was one of the first people to be officially
  recognised as an anti social neighbour or as the
  media said a neighbour from hell

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Crackdown

• Anti social behaviour has become a focal point
  with both National Government and the Scottish
  Parliament

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What is anti social behaviour?

• Anti-social behaviour has a wide legal definition
  
• it is behaviour which causes or is likely to
  cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or
  more people who are not in the same household as
  the perpetrator.

• Among the forms it can take are
• graffiti which can on its own make even the
  tidiest urban spaces look squalid
• abusive and intimidating language, often
  directed at minorities

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• excessive noise, particularly late at night
• fouling the street with litter
• drunken behaviour in the streets, and the mess it
  creates
• dealing drugs, with all the problems to which it
  gives rise.

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ASBOs

• Introduced by the Home Office in 1999, Asbos
  (anti social behaviour orders are used to tackle
  unruly behaviour - from violent youths to bad
  neighbours and graffiti.
• Over the last four years, nearly 2,500 Asbos have
  been issued.

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ASBA

• The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (ASBA) created
  a range of powers which the government says are
  necessary to help councils and police crack down
  on anti social behaviour across the board

• One of the new powers is the dispersal zone.

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Dispersal Zones

• Under-16s can be forcibly returned to their
  homes by the police if they are on the streets
  after nine at night and unaccompanied by an
  adult.
• Police can also order people in a dispersal zone
  to leave the area and not return for 24 hours.

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Human Rights Violation?

• Some people think that teenagers are being
  discriminated against and their rights are
  violated
• The argument is why should both the innocent and
  guilty be treated the same
• What do you think?