CYP Now - Letter: Anti-social behaviour

The recent warning from Professor Rod Morgan, the chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, that a generation of children are being "demonised" because of the furore over anti-social behaviour is not surprising. More understanding of young people is needed if anti-social behaviour is to be tackled in a constructive way.

There is no doubt issuing Asbos has helped to reassure communities thatare concerned by the behaviour of some young people. But they will not,in isolation, solve the problem.

We need to break the cycle of anti-social behaviour. We cannot ignorethe fact that the young people who so severely disrupt communities havesevere and complex problems.

Through our work with some of the most excluded adults and children inour communities, NCH has found that engaging with families to tackle theroot causes of anti-social behaviour is the best way to achievechange.

NCH works in eight different areas in the UK, all offering programmesthat address the problems of anti-social behaviour. It is this intensivefamily support that is producing the best long term, sustainable resultsfor individuals, families and communities.

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