Joe Tuke, director of respect at the Home Office, said the Government is prepared to revitalise the regeneration of disadvantaged areas and offer support for parents, but in return the public will be made more accountable for their neighbourhoods - through initiatives such as community policing.
"We've looked at regenerating places, but we've attacked these problems without looking at the people," said Tuke. "Our resources risk being wasted if we don't look at behaviour as well."
He added that parenting is at the heart of the antisocial behaviour agenda as a means of reaching "the next ASBO generation". Where necessary the Government is prepared to enforce this, as it has already been doing with parenting orders.
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