A Youth Justice Board study, Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, which was published last week, found that in seven of 10 areas studied youth offending teams had little or no involvement.
The study looked at orders issued between January 2004 and January 2005.
The Youth Justice Board stressed it has published guidance since which it hopes has improved the situation.
Bob Ashford, head of prevention at the Youth Justice Board, said: "ASBOs only really should be used when other measures have been exhausted. Then they are a useful tool.
"It needs the youth offending team to join the process to understand which are going to be successful. ASBOs don't work on their own."
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