What's this about government reviving the crusade against antisocial behaviour? In Alan Johnson's first interview as Home Secretary with The Times, he said that the government had been "coasting" in relation to antisocial behaviour. He plans to set up an antisocial behaviour action website to enable the public to find out who deals with antisocial behaviour in their local area, and compare local actions with other areas - something that the papers have described as antisocial behaviour league tables.
I thought league tables were falling out of favour? Then call it an antisocial behaviour report card. The crux will be how they measure success - the numbers of contracts and orders made locally, or the numbers of children and adults who receive the support they might need and say they feel safe and welcome in their community. The Department for Children, Schools and Families' (DCSF) Youth Taskforce has just published a progress report - a promotional vehicle that tries to explain some of the less well-known interventions alongside some good news case studies.
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