Local and national newspapers are reporting, often gleefully, the restrictions on young people's movements imposed by antisocial behaviour orders or ASBOs. These civil injunctions can be applied for by councils, housing associations or the police, against anyone over 10 years old.
The Home Office defines antisocial behaviour as that which is likely to cause "harassment, alarm or distress" to one or more persons not of the same household as the defendant. What do young people think of this? Is spitting and swearing likely to cause alarm or distress? Is it a problem that needs solving in your area?
Talk about what kinds of activity can be labelled antisocial. Kicking a football against a house wall can be alarming to those inside. But does that necessarily mean it is antisocial?
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