NO - Rob Allen, director, International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London
It's better to have officials reporting to the same minister. This is not the most sensible approach. Dealing with antisocial behaviour needs a balanced approach. The residual Home Office is dealing with enforcement and security, but when you're dealing with antisocial behaviour, you need to look at parenting, activities for young people and education.
NO - Paul Cavadino, chief executive, Nacro
Similar preventive mea- sures are needed to divert young people from both crime and antisocial behaviour. Youth offending teams should always be involved in planning preventive work before any resort to criminal prosecution or antisocial behaviour orders. Coordinating these policies would be easier if antisocial behaviour and youth justice policies were in the same ministry - preferably the Department for Education and Skills but, failing that, the Ministry of Justice.
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