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Giving a town an ASBO: The implications of Public Spaces Protection Orders
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) were first introduced in England and Wales in 2014 as part of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act.
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How we influence: ASB enforcement strategies
How have we influenced the use of antisocial behaviour powers to manage young adults?
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Why it is time to repeal the Vagrancy Act of 1824
There are many strands linking homelessness and the criminal justice system. Ex-offenders leaving prison struggle to access accommodation on release. They often lose their homes while in custody.
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High court challenge to PSPO use
After it was revealed that Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council had targeted homeless people with a public space protection order (PSPO), there will now be a landmark high court case against the council.
Public space protection orders are a tool to restrict certain actions...
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New project: Young adults and antisocial behaviour enforcement
Our latest project, funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, is now underway.
It will build on the findings from the project on young adults and antisocial behaviour measures we completed last year, which established the extent of the use of three antisocial behaviour (ASB) tools to sanction young adults in England and Wales.
We aim to further explore how...
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Knife crime: a national emergency?
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, commented on knife crime trends and measures to tackle violence in yesterday's Guardian.
Richard said it was inaccurate to describe the spate of knife crime as a national emergency, adding:
It’s a very small number of the general population that’s either being victimised by this or in fear of their lives. It’s why these incidents seem quite shocking and why
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Anti-social behaviour powers are impossible to hold to account
In 2014, the system of anti-social behaviour powers in England and Wales was overhauled.
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Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: Practitioners' accounts
This briefing draws on interviews with 40 anti-social behaviour practitioners working in councils or the police to learn more about these practitioners’ approaches to young adults.
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Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: The data
This data briefing shows how three key antisocial behaviour powers are being used to sanction young adults (18 to 25 year olds) in England and Wales.
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Public Spaces Protection Orders in the news
Earlier this week, The Guardian led with a piece about the number of homeless people who are sanctioned by Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in England and Wales.
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The ASBO Jihad: a twenty-first century witch hunt
There is no point pussyfooting … if we are not prepared to predict and intervene more early … prebirth even … these kids a few years down the line are going to be a menace to society (Prime Minister Tony Blair, 31 August 2006 on the unborn children of lone mothers) As Tony Blair also famously said...
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The politics of antisocial behaviour
There are many stories to tell about the government's antisocial behaviour strategy. One is of a policy process that was badly designed yet shrewdly implemented; another concerns the use of the...