Anti-social behaviour orders
Anti-social behaviour orders or ‘ASBOs’ are issued when a person has behaved inappropriately i.e. anti-social. They ban people from specific activities or from entering particular areas, in order to protect the public.
The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 includes laws to tackle:
- nuisance neighbours
- cycling on the pavement
- truancy
- hoax 999 calls
- fireworks
- drunkenness in public
- gangs
- begging
- gun crime
- crack houses
Anti-social behaviour orders can be made against any person aged 10 or over who has acted in an anti-social manner.
People who keep getting drunk, steal, act violently or vandalise property can receive anti-social behaviour orders and the names of teenage offenders can be made public.
Orders are only used when other things have not worked.