NCJ Number
234146
Date Published
2011
Length
59 pages
Annotation
This study from the United Kingdom examined interventions designed to address anti-social behavior (ASB).
Abstract
Key findings from the study include: the most common form of interventions used were warning letters (44 percent) and acceptable behavior contracts (ABCs) (22 percent), with 9 percent of interventions being anti-social behavior orders (ASBOs); 83 percent of the perpetrators of anti-social behavior (ASB) received only one intervention, while 1 percent received four or more; the categorizing of anti-social behavior varied widely across areas with the most common ASB being of a generic type such as noise, disorder, trespass, and loitering; 55 percent of perpetrators of ASB were under 18 years of age while 63 percent of them were male; and the gender of the perpetrator was split somewhat evenly for house-related interventions (49 percent male and 51 percent female) and warnings (53 percent male and 47 percent female). Data for this study were obtained between January and December 2009 from 10 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships that collected statistics on the number and type of interventions used for perpetrators of anti-social behavior. The aim of the study was to explore the nature of ASB and how interventions for ASB are used at the local level and whether or not they are effective. Implications for use of interventions by practitioners are discussed. Figures, appendixes, and references