Anti-social behaviour is a key issue for communities, the councils which represent them and the variety of agencies involved in responding to crime and disorder in their area.
So say the Local Government Association organisers of a conference on November 21 in London, on preventing anti-social behaviour.
The 1998 Crime & Disorder Act created a watershed in relation to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, organisers say. It gave local authorities and the police service a joint statutory duty to plan and deliver local reductions of crime and disorder. It also created anti-social behaviour orders to modify the behaviour of individuals who behave ‘in manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household’.
Since the act was established there has been much interest and debate on the prevention, enforcement and rehabilitation approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour. This joint LGA and National Community Safety Network event focuses on policies and practices that will develop a preventative approach to the issues that lead to anti-social behaviour. The conference will include the launch of a report based on a survey of members of the National Community Safety Network, organisers add. Their report ‘A Practitioners Perspective’ sets out the key findings of the survey. A free copy will be provided to delegates.
