Latest figures released by the Government for 2001-02 show that about 40 per cent of under-20s who are given the orders breach them. This figure falls to about 30 per cent for over-20s.
But Napo's research shows that more than half of those people given orders in 2002 ended up in prison.
Harry Fletcher, assistant general secretary of the union, said: "The concern is that the original offence would not have attracted a prison sentence."
Matt Foot, a criminal solicitor who runs the recently formed Alliance Against ASBOs, said: "This research suggests that order breaches are actually much higher than thought." www.napo.org.uk
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