The documents detail how youth offending teams, schools, local education authorities, the police and the courts should use measures contained in the antisocial behaviour bill.
Two sets of guidelines, both currently under consultation, have been issued. The first, issued by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES), explains how local education authorities and schools should use penalty notices and parenting contracts to stop antisocial behaviour. The penalty notices are on-the-spot fines ranging in value from 25 to 100 and there is no legal right to appeal. The guidance also says LEAs should attempt to establish voluntary parenting contracts before seeking court-imposed orders, requiring parents to stop their child's antisocial behaviour.
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