Corston is MP for Bristol East, where "constituents have come to my surgery crying because young people have assaulted them". She says: "I make no apologies for trying to have laws to address this. Some people are terrified to go out because of young people. It's a minority - but they're very disruptive."
She wants time to consider the rights and wrongs of posters and leaflets to warn the public about young people with antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs), as local authorities have done in Manchester and Salford (YPN, 2-8 July, p2). But Corston appreciates the value of saying: "We know who you are, and we've had enough of your behaviour."
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