Individual support orders (ISOs) are available to 10- to 17-year-olds given Asbos that are not linked to a criminal conviction. A court can make an ISO if it believes it would help prevent further antisocial behaviour.
Only 42 were issued in 2005, although this is a large increase on the seven issued in 2004.
The Government is to begin a three-month survey of the respect action areas it announced last month to look at how ISOs and other interventions can prevent antisocial behaviour.
Chris Stanley, head of policy and research at crime-reduction charity Nacro, said the absence of ISOs could be due to a lack of resources for youth offending teams to run them.
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