Yet Nathan believes police and youth workers can form fruitful partnerships that go beyond routine crime diversion projects. Her evidence is the success of a joint initiative in Tameside for the past six years, originally the initiative of PC Martin Hague, then youth strategy officer with Greater Manchester Police. Eight "youth pods", rudiment-ary steel cabins placed in hotspots of "youth nuisance", are now a core element of the youth service.
Hague and his colleagues were dealing with that grey area of sub-criminal behaviour known as youth nuisance or antisocial behaviour. In response to complaints from residents, the police stamped down on the use of alcohol or drugs by moving young people on or taking them home if they thought they were in danger. They would explain the law, confiscate alcohol, take names and addresses and write to parents.
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