Young people are high on Home Secretary David Blunkett's list of "yobs" who make the lives of hard-working citizens a living hell. He wants 16 and 17-year-olds to receive fixed penalty fines of up to 80. They will be imposed for such offences as causing alarm or harassment, throwing fireworks or being drunk and disorderly.
Talk to young people about whether this will work. Is it a problem that needs solving, and is this the right way?
The range of activity targeted by the Government is wide. It might seem relatively minor, such as spray-painted graffiti or a broken window.
Or it can feel more threatening: a gang late at night, a beggar at the cashpoint, young kids using passers-by as target practice.
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