Contracts are agreements between a young person who has been accused of antisocial behaviour, and the police, local authority or a landlord.
The young person has to agree not to engage in certain activities, normally for six months.
Although the contracts are not legally binding, they can be used as evidence to impose an antisocial behaviour order. If this is breached, it can lead to a custodial sentence.
Fair Play for Children is concerned about the lack of information on the contracts, and some cases where they appear to have been misused. National secretary Jan Cosgrove said he was asked to help in a case in Islington where a landlord threatened to evict a woman from her council property if her sons did not sign a contract.
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