"Costly, bureaucratic, short-term, superficial" and "counterproductive". David Cameron did not mince his words when criticising the Government's existing methods of dealing with antisocial behaviour last week. Instead the Conservative Party leader favoured a "revolution of responsibility", stating the Government should hand some accountability for the behaviour of young people back to society and treat the cause rather than the symptoms of antisocial behaviour.
Behaviour incentives
Speaking at the Royal Society of Arts, he said Britain has miserable, badly behaved and badly educated children but insisted that a "framework of incentives" would prove more effective than regulations and laws in reducing bad behaviour.
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