Antisocial behaviour might have provided the backdrop to works of fiction such as Trainspotting, but the social exclusion that leads to it is very real among young people in Scotland.
According to a report by Audit Scotland, the region's equivalent of England's Audit Commission, an estimated 240m is spent on dealing with young offenders under the age of 21 each year.
The December 2002 report, Dealing with Offending by Young People, highlights the lack of support networks available to deal with Scotland's young offenders.
Only 37 per cent of annual youth justice expenditure was spent on tackling offending behaviour, leading to calls for more effective community-based prevention services and further national and local co-ordination.
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