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2010
On 28 July, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, said that it is "time to move beyond the ASBO". New government statistics revealed that the number of ASBOs being issued continues to fall and that 55% of recipients have breached their order. If an ASBO is breached, it is breached an average of 4.2 times. May argued that, rather than the solution, Labour's centralised "top-down, bureaucratic, gimmick-laden approach" to inherently local issues became part of the problem. She called for a "complete change in emphasis, with communities working with the police and other agencies to stop bad behaviour escalating that far". However, no details have yet been given as to what this will entail and for now the ASBO regime remains in place. Media coverage of May's announcement can be found in the Links section.Site update
Children - Jacqueline Smith
- South Shields boy (update)
Law &
Order - Moritz Miester
- Caroline Cartwright (update)
- Natasha Coker (update)
Extreme - Doug Collier
- Patricia Greene
- Christoper Lehane
Links - Claire McNeilly in Belfast Telegraph (6 September 2010)
- Stephen Munby in The Guardian (10 August 2010)
- Aled Blake for Wales Online website (1 August 2010)
- Richard Sennett in The Guardian (30 July 2010)
- Alan Johnson in The Guardian (29 July 2010)
- Julia Margo in The Guardian (29 July 2010)
- James Slack in the Daily Mail (29 July 2010)
- Nigel Morris in the Independent (29 July 2010)
- BBC website (28 July 2010)
- Simon Rogers in The Guardian (28 July 2010)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (28 July 2010)
- Home Office website (28 July 2010)
- BBC website (28 July 2010)
- Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour report. In particular se: p. 66-67 (July 2010, pdf)
- Neil Puffett for Children & Young People Now website (15/7/10)
- James Welch in The Guardian (26/5/10)
- Dimitra Hartas in The Guardian (12/5/10)
- Bryony Gordon in The Telegraph (5/5/10)
Site updateChildren - Callum Trick
- South Shields boy
- Ethan Armstrong
- Aston Turvey
- Swansea snowballers
Law &
Order - Michelle Lyn Smith
- Martin Harris
- David McDonnell
- Joshua Dent
- Leeds prostitutes
- Jamie Cooke
- Natasha Coker
- James Matthews
- Jordan Jeffries
- Jordan Coleby
- John Martindale (update)
Extreme - Ellis Drummond
- Barry Docherty
- Harry Taylor
- Samuel Kilpatrick
- Alan Brown
- Derby freerunners
- Fife homeowner
- Daniel Fletcher
- Simon Frodsham
- Caroline Cartwright (update)
- Norman Hutchins (update)
Links - National Children's Bureau report (March 2010, pdf)
- Lorraine Connolly for Community Newswire website (30/3/10)
- Mark Hughes in The Independent (12/3/10)
- Neil Puffett for Children & Young People Now website (9/3/10)
- Tom Lloyd for Inside Housing website (2/3/10)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (1/3/10)
- Daily Mail (19/2/10)
- Kirsty Buchanan in the Sunday Express (7/2/10)
- Jamie Lyons in News of the World (7/2/10)
- Janaki Mahadevan for Children and Young People Now website (4/2/10)
- Jon Land for 24Dash website (3/2/10)
- Libby Brooks in The Guardian (21/1/10)
- Jessica Forster in Sunderland Echo (4/1/10)
- Tom Whitehead in The Telegraph (22/12/09)
- Alex Spence in The Times (11/12/09)
Site updateProtesters - Gavin Medd-Hall (update)
Extreme - Arsenal limo drivers
- Szilard Szlavec
- Darren Bingham
- Derby car clampers
- Stuart Hunt (update)
- Caroline Cartwright (update)
Links - BBC website (25/11/09)
- David Lindsell in This is Local London (25/11/09)
- Sarah Hilley in Swindon Advertiser (22/11/09)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (21/11/09)
- James Chapman in the Daily Mail (17/11/09)
- Tracy McVeigh and Mark Townsend in The Observer (15/11/09)
- Editorial in The Guardian (14/10/09)
Site updateCRASBOs - Craig Gorringe
Law &
Order - John Martindale (update)
Extreme - Martina Rabess
- Piroska Zsapka
- Robin Shipman
- Kieran O'Sullivan
- Maidenhead car clampers
- Dorothy Evans (update)
Links - UK Press Association (1/11/09)
- Amelia Gentleman in The Guardian (1/11/09)
- Ben Leach in The Telegraph (19/10/09)
- Ed West in The Telegraph (13/10/09)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (13/10/09)
- Martin Bentham in The Evening Standard (13/10/09)
- Alan Johnson and Matt Foot in The Times (2/10/09)
- Editorial in The Guardian (30/9/09)
- Jill Kirby in The Times (30/9/09)
- Iain Martin in The Wall Street Journal (30/9/09)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (29/9/09)
- Patrick Wintour and Andrew Sparrow in The Guardian (29/9/09)
- Mark Easton on BBC website (29/9/09)
Site updateCRASBOs - Gary Dutt
Children - Kevin Lichottka
Mental
Health - Francis McCann
Extreme - Jeremy Awdry (update)
- Paul Lloyd
- Frederick Amery
- Windsor car clampers
- James Ryan & Andrew Stevens
- Jean Robinson
- Edward Harris
Links - Times law report (25/8/09)
- BBC Newsnight website, video report (20/8/09)
- The Economist website (20/8/09)
- Tom Whitehead in The Telegraph (19/8/09)
- BBC website (6/8/09)
Site updateChildren - Catherine Emery
- Yousef Harwood
- John Stone-Parker
- Thomas Read
Protesters - Gregg & Natasha Avery, Heather Nicholson & Gavin Medd-Hall
Law &
Order - Cardiff city centre
- Stephen Westlake
- Stephen Geddes
- Sarah Caldecott
- Karen Bulmer
- Dominic Luke-Clarke
- Russell Samuels
- John Martindale (update)
- Raymond Woods
Mental
Health - Sonny Grainger
Extreme - Juan Cumia
- Jonathan & Joshua Webb
- Linda Ware
- Brendan Ross
- Gabriel Tabar
- Victor Radzynski
- Anthony Smith
- Eugene Brocklehurst
- Caroline Cartwright (update)
Links - Home Office Anti-social Behaviour Action Website
- Directgov anti-social behaviour website
- The Sentinel website (5/8/09)
- SourceUK.net website (15/7/09)
- Christopher Hope and Richard Edwards in The Telegraph (14/7/09)
- Matt Foot letter to The Guardian (6/7/09)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (2/7/09)
- Carl O'Brien in Irish Times (29/6/09)
- Jamie Lyons in News of the World (28/6/09)
- Andy Dolan in Daily Mail (26/6/09)
- Amanda Williams in Oxford Mail (16/6/09)
- Daily Mail (13/5/09)
Site updateCRASBOs - Ricky John Green
Law &
Order - Codie Greenfield
- Peter Swinbourne
- Charles Rush
- Tia Johnson
- Graham Colin Parker
- Liverpool prostitution
Extreme - Caroline Cartwright
- Patricia Eldridge
- Callum Smith
- Umar Siddique
- Ben Bramall
- Louisa Lee
- Yusef Nur
- Joanne Roberts
- Amy Dallamura (update)
Links - Kevin Doyle in Herald.ie (28/3/09)
- Robbie Dinwoodie in The Herald [Scotland] (20/3/09)
- BBC Website (19/3/09)
Site updateChildren - Jack Lambeth
- Stephen Donohue
- Anon
CRASBOs - Steven Moffat
Law &
Order - John Martindale (update)
- William Trevorrow
- Lloyd Christopher Turner
Extreme - Jill O'Flaherty
- Raymond West
- David Jell
Site updateChildren - Stephen Blowes
- Craig & Bobby Loveridge (update)
Law &
Order - Anthony Delaney
- Ruth Ryan
- Christopher Kurris
- Dawnette Codner
Mental
Health - Jamie Cooke
- Anon
Extreme - Celia Edge
- Martin Solomon
- Michael Gilligan
- Jeremy Awdry (update)
- Raymond Woods
- Dorothy Evans (nov 08)
- Torquay 'hoodies'
- Stuart Hunt
- Cornish surfers
- Lord Rodley
- Motin Miah
- John Norman
- Robert Bullough
- Peter Stoodley
- Giran Jobe
- Jeremy Awdry
- John Garcia
- Mirriam Ammash
Links - Times Law Report (22/12/08)
- Henry Porter in The Guardian (14/11/08)
- Local Government Chronicle (11/11/08)
- Holly Bentley in The Guardian (27/8/08)
- Nigel Morris and Ben Russell in The Independent (25/8/08)
- Christopher Hope in The Telegraph (27/5/08)
- Richard Ford in The Times (24/5/08)
- Tom Harper in The Daily Mail (11/5/08)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (9/5/08)
- Richard Ford in The Times (9/5/08)
- Adam Sampson in The Guardian (9/5/08)
- The Times (8/5/08)
- Alan Travis in The Guardian (19/2/08)
- BBC Website (18/2/08)
- BBC Website (10/2/08)
- James Ball in Press Gazette
Site updateChildren - Purnell Desouza
- Tamzin & Tiffany Nutley
- Jack Hudson
- Luke Rawlings
Law &
Order - Matthew Hill
- John Bailey
- Thomas Dolan & Thomas Whittaker
- Joseph Hiles
- Billy Murrell
- Ben Allpress
Mental
Health - Amy Beth Dallamura
- Sharon Tinsley
- Clive Barker
Extreme - Unnamed #1
- Ryan Starkley
- Unnamed #2
- Robert Webber
- Norman Hutchins (update)
Links - Stephen Jakobi in The Guardian
- James Meikle in The Guardian
- Hélène Mulholland in The Guardian
- Joe Oliver in Belfast Telegraph (28/10/07)
- David Leask in The Herald
- ePolitix website (20/9/07)
- Howard League for Penal Reform article (10/9/07)
- Interview on channel 4 website with Neil Wain, a chief superintendent with Greater Manchester Police (10/9/07)
- Martin Wainwright The Guardian (10/9/07)
- Michael Howie in The Scotsman (28/7/08)
Site updateMain - "What is an ASBO?" updated
- "Why Should we be concerned about ASBOs?" updated
Children - Patrick & Louis Cairney
- Steven & Simon Smith
- Lewis Green
- Keenan Skilling
- Steven James Edwards
- Swindon "baby ASBOs"
- Carrie Anne Gardner
- Jimmy Fitzgerald
- Daniel Osborn
- Christian Pluknett
Law &
Order - Glenn Skinner
- Philip Cheshire
- John McKay (update)
- Peter Charles Dickens
- Edward Bryson
- Robert Wilson
Mental
Health - Katie & Ashleigh Lynch
- Danny Walsh
- Anita Bernard
- Danny Henderson
- Thomas O'Brien
Extreme - Mark Smith
- Diane Duffin
- Caroline Bishop
- Gene & James Flitcroft
- Thompson family
- Hampstead council estate
- William Rae
- Daniel Whittle
- Olga Conco
- Stanley Brown
- Andrew Walch
- Yan Price
- Dawn Benson
- Philip Powner
- Ideal Upholstery
- John Conington
- Mark Senter
- David Grimes
- Nicholas Phillip Corelli-Lichtenstein
- Mark Bowkett
- Kenneth Williamson (update)
- Arthur Burgess (update)
- Neil Horan (update)
Links - Frances Gibb The Times (3/9/07)
- Marie Woolf & Susie Mesure The Independent (2/9/07)
- Frances Gibb The Times (28/8/07)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (17/8/07)
- Tania Branigan The Guardian (28/7/07)
- Nigel Morris The Independent (28/7/07)
- Lucy Ward The Guardian (4/7/07)
- Pat Hurst The Independent (4/7/07)
- Jill Sherman The Times (29/6/07)
- The Telegraph (23/5/07)
- Ed Caesar The Independent (23/4/07)
- Louise France The Observer (22/4/07)
- Robert Verkaik The Independent (16/3/07)
- Paul Kelso The Guardian (5/2/07)
- Libby Purves The Times (30/1/07)
- Robert Verkaik The Independent (28/12/06)
- The Times (18/12/06)
- Patrick Barkham The Guardian (9/12/06)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (7/12/06)
- Nigel Morris The Independent (7/12/06)
- Polly Toynbee The Guardian (3/11/06)
- Joan Bakewell The Independent (3/11/06)
- Alan Travis The Guardian (2/11/06)
Site updateChildren - Swindon "baby asbos"
- Carrie Anne Gardner
- Jimmy Fitzgerald
- Christian Plucknett
Protesters - DSEi arms fair 2005
- Michael Downes
- Lindis Percy (update)
CRASBOs - David William Lee Stokoe
- James Bowes
GPO - Khalique Miah
- Natasha & Carmen Dye
- Thelma Fontaine
- Sabrina Simpson
- Shrewsbury
- Sandra Dobson
- David Jones
- Eddie Jones (update)
Mental
health - Mark Smith
Extreme - Kenneth Williamson
- Shane Maslen
- Mike Townley
- Janice Lee
- Graham Branfield
- Next
- Donal Burke
- Winifred Mills
- Mark Dixon
- Paul Henney
- Philip Howard (update)
Links - James Pollard in Index Online
- Patrick Barkham in The Guardian
Site updateChildren - Charlie & Aaron Brown
- Ashleene Gallagher
- Anon
Protesters - Edward Atkinson
- Cotswold Hunt
- David Pearce
- Heather Nicholson (update)
GPO - Peter Allenby
- Keith Farran
- Wells, Somerset
- John McKay
- Wayne McHugh
- Eddie Jones (update)
Extreme - Bernard Hambleton
- Philip Howard
- Michael Ward
- Martin Pyne
- Dean Handford
- Mark Burt
- David Hibbs-Turner
- Terry Clowsley
- David Howarth
- Hayley Wignall
- David Burrows
- Mark Wainfur
- Italiano Thomas-Bell
- Teressa Web
- David Key
- Paul Jones
- Malcolm Pattison
- William Hillan
- Amy Dallamura
- Neil Carpenter
- Angela Ramsden
- Craig Brealey
- Stuart McGhie
- Ian Matthews
- Marion Berseford
- Andrew Caulfield
- Lisa Richardson
- Andrea Dickson
- Andrew Stephan (update)
- Jean Smith (update)
Links - Annemarie Flanagan in The Guardian
- Kelly Hilditch in Socialist Worker Online
- Andrew Picken in The Scotsman
- Sophie Goodchild in The Independent
- George Jones in The Telegraph
- Aled Blake ic Wales website
- Paul Wheeler in The Guardian
- Daily Mail
- Alan Travis in The Guardian
- Richard Reeves in The Observer
- Socialist Party Website
- James Slack in The Daily Mail
- John Steele in The Telegraph
- Ed West in The Sunday Telegraph
- BBC News website
- Terri Dowty in The Guardian
Site updateChildren - Gary Addy
GPO - Pauline McNamara
- Colette Cowap
Extreme - Trevor Davidson
- Vic Moszcyznski
- Christopher Henson & Teresa Roper
- David Gaylor
- Asda
- William Hardman
- Arthur Burgess
- Caroline Shepherd (update)
Links - Max Rowlands in ECLN
- Phil Scraton in ECLN
Two essays written for the launch of the European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) cover the use of ASBOs. "The State of Asbo Britain - the rise of intolerance" by Max Rowlands offers an overview of their use in the UK, while "The denial of children's rights and liberties in the UK and the North of Ireland" by Phil Scraton (professor of criminology at Queens University, Belfast) deals extensively with their use against children. Both can be found on the ECLN website.
Site updateWhy
Concerned? - Updated
Children - Paul Daniels
- Craig & Bobby Loveridge
GPO - Sarah Marsden
- Christina Wort
- Andrew White
- Ben White
- Diabolical Liberties (update)
Extreme - Michael Donockley
- Trevor Petgrave
- James Collins
- Edward Freear
- Christine Boswell
- Maughan family
- Andrew Stephan
- Janice Leverett
- Smith family
- Frank Gibson
- Marie Dalziel
- Suran Karim
- William Porteous
- Barrington Harris (update)
- Michael Carroll (update)
Links - Matt Foot in Socialist Worker
- Andrew Gilligan in Evening Standard
- Jane Elliott in BBC News
- John Bell in The Guardian
- John Pring in Disability Now
Asbo Concern has announced the launch of its first local campaign group to be based in Manchester, a city whose council fervently supports ASBOs and has handed them out in record numbers. The launch meeting takes place on 12 September at 7pm in the Cross Street Chapel. Further contact details and a list of speakers are available on their website.
Site updateChildren - Nathan Copping
- Nicky East
- Luke Dunlop
Protesters - Melvyn Drage
CRASBOs - Patrick Nevin
- Anthony Flynn
- Darren Napier
- Kenneth Addison
Mental
health - William Atkinson
- Mark Anthony O'Byrne
Extreme - Gon Ren Zhou
- Carl Langton
- Julie Brown
- Eileen Davies
- Mohammed Iftikhar
- Barrington Harris
- Mark Devlin
- Hugh McColl
- Simon Frodsham
- Cigarette sellers
- Kevin Seabrook
- Stefan Noremberg
- John McCarthy
- Ewan David Deans
- Michael Carroll
- Travellers' sites (update)
- Brian Hagan (update)
Links - Robert Verkaik in The Independent
- Martin Bright, Anushka Asthana & Lauren Thompson in The Observer
- Jon Robbins in The Guardian
- Shami Chakrabarti in The Guardian
A judge has ruled it "wrong in principle" to use Asbos as a mechanism for imposing a longer sentence than the law allows. Mr Justice Hughes, ruling in the case of a motorist who had breached his order by driving whilst disqualified, argued that while the maximum punishment may be set low, it was a decision for Parliament, not the Courts. Asbos are increasingly being used to deal with behaviour that is already covered by criminal law, in part because convictions are both easier to achieve and punishable by longer prison sentences.
A 15-year-old boy who claimed that child curfew zones, as established under the Anti-social Behaviour Act, amounted to a breach of human rights has won his case at the High Court. Under the terms of the Act, any child found to be within one of the 400+ areas that have been designated as dispersal zones between 9pm-6am can be taken home by the police regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrong doing. Liberty, who supported the boy's case, have detailed coverage on their website.
Asbo Concern is lobbying the Home Office on Wednesday 20 July, 5-6.30pm. Flyer: Stop this asbo fever (pdf)
Site updateChildren - Mark Trippit
Protesters - Lindis Percy
CRASBOs - Darren Gudgeon
GPO - Glen Clarke
- Eliot Montgomery
- Michael Chadwick
- Eddie Jones
Extreme - Travellers' Sites
- Dale Carroll
- Joanne Cox
- Richard Stofer
- Jay Kelly
- Dorothy Evans
- James Cameron & James Alves
- Mark Anthony O'Byrne
- Terence Maughan
- Dean Fullman
- Jean Smith
- Shabaz Ashiq
- Kim Sutton (update)
- Jennie Smith (update)
Links - Sarah Carey in The Sunday Times
Site updateChildren - Joseph Newcombe
Protesters - Sarah Gisbourne
GPO - Daniel Richardson
- Paul Bannatyne & Mark Rickards
- Diabolical Liberties (update)
- Steve Winstone
- Jennifer Ford
Extreme - Mitch Hawkin
- South West Water
- Liverpool "touchline yobs"
- Welsh taxi drivers
- Scottish gull feeders
- Caroline Shepherd
- Ian Smith
- Margaret Porter
- Julie Roberts
- James Cronin
- Neil Horan
- Kim Sutton
- Thomas Moore-Donald
- Nicola Walker
- Roger Trotman (update)
- Brian Taylor (update)
- Bridge family (update)
Links - House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report on anti-social behaviour
- Welsh affairs committee fourth report
- Home Office guidance on publicising ASBOs
- Home Office guidance on the use of leaflets to publicise ASBOs
- Home Office guidance on applying for an ASBO
- Home Office press release: 'Yobs will face the consequences of their actions'
- Napo briefing for the launch of Asbo Concern
- Matt Foot in The Guardian
- Mary Riddell in The Observer
- Robert Verkaik in The Independent
- Chris Quayle in Red Pepper
- Nick Cohen in The Observer
- Louise Casey & Shami Chakrabarti in The Guardian
- Tash Shifrin in Socialist Worker
Asbo Concern, a 'campaigning alliance of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the use of anti social behaviour orders', is officially launched. They aim to highlight the inherent problems involved in the use of ASBOs and have called for a full public government review (full statement of beliefs and aims).
Site updateMain - "Why Should we be concerned about ASBOs?" updated
Children - Amasiah & Tobijah Thompson
- Ryan Wilkinson
- Aaron Ellis
GPO - Sofia Charles
- Joette Lydiate
- Peter Fish
Extreme - Mike McNulty
- Roger Trotman
- Brian Taylor
- David Fletcher
- David Oxley
- Gareth Flavell
Links - NAPO report
- Joint Committee on Human Rights report
Site updateMain - Legal Developments
Children - Kyle Major
- Luke Davies
Protesters - Heather Nicholson
CRASBOs - David Flaherty
Extreme - Norman Hutchins (updated)
- Brian Hagan (updated)
Links - Nic Madge in Legal Action
- In focus ASBOs supplement in the Socialist Worker
Site updateChildren - Ben Norris
- Adam Moore
- Ben & Nathan Weeks
GPO - Alan Riley
- Brighton graffiti artists
- Barry Radford
- John Martindale
Extreme - Griffiths family
- Angela Sarna
- Brian Hagan
- David Boag
- Ricky Bailey
- Jennie Smith
Links - Legal Services Commission ASBO guidance
- Matt Foot article in The Guardian
Site update
Children - Aneeze Williamson
- Dean Bell
GPO - Diabolical Liberties
- Manchester soup kitchens
Extreme - Daisy
- Bridge Family
Links - Howard League for Penal Reform report
- Mary Riddell article in The Observer
