Vulnerable young people and the misuse of anti‐social behaviour orders

Abstract

Anti‐social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are increasingly used against young people. This article argues that their offending behaviour frequently masks a catalogue of individual and material disadvantage of which the behaviour may be a consequence. The criminal consequences of a breach of an ASBO only serve to exacerbate the disadvantage.

Citation

Varnfield, K. (2005), "Vulnerable young people and the misuse of anti‐social behaviour orders", Safer Communities, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200500005