Links

Legislation

Government reports and guidelines

Home Office Anti-social Behaviour Action Website - Designed to provide the public with information on how ASB is being tackled in their area
Directgov anti-social behaviour website - Summary of legislation and advice for the public
Anti-social behaviour - fifth report of session 2004-05 - House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (22/3/05)
Police service, crime and anti-social behaviour in Wales - Welsh affairs committee fourth report (15/3/05)
Publicising ASBOs - Guidance from Home Office (March 2005)
Use of leaflets to publicise ASBOs - Home Office step-by-step guide
Applying for an ASBO - Home Office step-by-step guide
'Yobs will face the consequences of their actions' - Charles Clarke - Home Office press release (1/3/05)
A guide to Law and Procedure in the Magistrates' Court - Justice Clerk's Society good practice guide (April 2004)
Together website ASBO articles
Legal Services Commission ASBO guidance (pdf)
Using ASBOs and other Civil Enforcement (pdf) - Government guidelines published on their Together Campaign website
Implementing Anti-social Behaviour Orders: messages for practioners (pdf) - Home Office guidelines
Guidance on drawing up local ASBO protocols - Home Office guidelines

Media coverage and analysis

2010

‘Ineffective’ Asbos should be scrapped, says justice chief - Claire McNeilly in Belfast Telegraph (6 September 2010)
Scrapping asbos will make communities vulnerable to crime - Stephen Munby in The Guardian (10 August 2010)
Has time run out for Asbos? - Aled Blake for Wales Online website (1 August 2010)
The asbo is an icon of New Labour's negligence - Richard Sennett in The Guardian (30 July 2010)
Asbos worked - and Theresa May knows it - Alan Johnson in The Guardian (29 July 2010)
Asbos helped make Britain look broken - Julia Margo in The Guardian (29 July 2010)
Death of the Asbo: We must move beyond such gimmicks, says Home Secretary - James Slack in the Daily Mail (29 July 2010)
Home Secretary announces end to 'ludicrous' system of Asbos - Nigel Morris in the Independent (29 July 2010)
Time to 'move beyond' Asbos, says home secretary May - BBC website (28 July 2010)
Asbos: find out where they're issued, how many and by whom - Simon Rogers in The Guardian (28 July 2010)
Asbos on the way out, signals Theresa May - Alan Travis in The Guardian (28 July 2010)
Moving beyond the ASBO - Home Office website (28 July 2010)
Q&A: Anti-social behaviour orders - BBC website (28 July 2010)
Time for a fresh start - Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour report. In particular se: p. 66-67 (July 2010, pdf)
Restorative justice key to cutting youth reoffending, says landmark study - Neil Puffett for Children & Young People Now website (15/7/10)
Can you be convicted for 'glamourising the gangster lifestyle'? - James Welch in The Guardian (26/5/10)
Children do not get respect they deserve - Dimitra Hartas in The Guardian (12/5/10)
What boys with sagging trousers need is a good belt - Bryony Gordon in The Telegraph (5/5/10)
Children and young people in ‘breach’ - National Children's Bureau report (March 2010, pdf)
Increasing numbers of ASBO children taken into custody - Lorraine Connolly for Community Newswire website (30/3/10)
David Askew: A human tragedy and national scandal - Mark Hughes in The Independent (12/3/10)
Gang Asbos threaten youth justice - Neil Puffett for Children & Young People Now website (9/3/10)
Brown to crack down on ASBO breaches - Tom Lloyd for Inside Housing website (2/3/10)
Brown revives 101 scheme for reporting antisocial behaviour - Alan Travis in The Guardian (1/3/10)
Asbo App for iPhone tells you how anti-social your area is - Daily Mail (19/2/10)
How Labour's Asbos failed to protect us - Kirsty Buchanan in the Sunday Express (7/2/10)
Asbos cost us £5.8bn - Jamie Lyons in News of the World (7/2/10)
Asbos face criticism after Everton teen killer jailed - Janaki Mahadevan for Children and Young People Now website (4/2/10)
Call to toughen up 'ineffective' Asbos after Joseph Lappin murder - Jon Land for 24Dash website (3/2/10)
Asbos for gangs don't work. This talking cure just might - Libby Brooks in The Guardian (21/1/10)
Sunderland's asbo yobs are walking free from court - Jessica Forster in Sunderland Echo (4/1/10)

2009

Anti-social incident every second - Tom Whitehead in The Telegraph (22/12/09)
Weird cases: don't laugh at my daughter - Alex Spence in The Times (11/12/09)
Asbo man fury at 'name and shame' - BBC website (25/11/09)
Kingston University launches first Asbo study - David Lindsell in This is Local London (25/11/09)
Asbos must be last resort, says expert - Sarah Hilley in Swindon Advertiser (22/11/09)
Gangbos become the latest measure for fighting antisocial behaviour - Alan Travis in The Guardian (21/11/09)
We will rein in the ASBOs: Tories plan instant penalties to control yobs - James Chapman in the Daily Mail (17/11/09)
Britain's criminalising of children breaches their rights, says report - Tracy McVeigh and Mark Townsend in The Observer (15/11/09)
Brown to shame yobs with publicity - UK Press Association (UKPA) (1/11/09)
How Gordon Brown plans to tackle Britain's anti-social behaviour problem - Amelia Gentleman in The Guardian (1/11/09)
Government's crime tsar blames Gordon Brown for growth of yob culture - Ben Leach in The Telegraph (19/10/09)
Law and order: the fanfare and the facts - Editorial in The Guardian (14/10/09)
Stop calling it 'anti-social behaviour' and call it crime - Ed West in The Telegraph (13/10/09)
Alan Johnson criticises police attitudes on antisocial behaviour - Alan Travis in The Guardian (13/10/09)
Alan Johnson orders Asbo offenders to face tougher action - Martin Bentham in The Evening Standard (13/10/09)
Can ASBOs stop antisocial behaviour? - Alan Johnson and Matt Foot in The Times (2/10/09)
Antisocial behaviour: Time to get tough on the causes - Editorial in The Guardian (30/9/09)
ASBOs can’t beat a neighbourhood policeman - Jill Kirby in The Times (30/9/09)
Fiona Pilkington Tragedy: Asbos Clearly Make Crime Worse - Iain Martin in The Wall Street Journal (30/9/09)
The return of the asbo - Alan Travis in The Guardian (29/9/09)
Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson to promise new crackdown on antisocial behaviour - Patrick Wintour and Andrew Sparrow in The Guardian (29/9/09)
The politics of 'proper behaviour' - Mark Easton on BBC website (29/9/09)
Prosecution has to prove lack of ASBO-ban excuse - Times law report (25/8/09)
The slow death of the Asbo - BBC Newsnight website, video report (20/8/09)
Growing up banged up - The Economist website (20/8/09)
Sharp fall in use signals death of the Asbo - Tom Whitehead in The Telegraph (19/8/09)
Fake barrister wins Asbo appeal - BBC website (6/8/09)
Do Asbos work in the case of alcoholics? - The Sentinel website (5/8/09)
ASBO League Tables on View - SourceUK.net website (15/7/09)
Punish thugs by taking phones away, says Chris Grayling - Patrick Wintour in The Guardian (14/7/09)
Four 'rowdy and inconsiderate' incidents reported to police every minute - Christopher Hope and Richard Edwards in The Telegraph (14/7/09)
Why is Alan Johnson reviving the asbo? - Henry Porter in The Guardian (6/7/09)
Don't believe the hype - asbos do not work - Matt Foot letter to The Guardian (6/7/09)
Alan Johnson pledges to revive antisocial behaviour orders to tackle intimidation and harassment - Alan Travis in The Guardian (2/7/09)
Fast-track asbo system planned - Alan Travis in The Guardian (2/7/09)
Government to review effectiveness of Asbos - Carl O'Brien in Irish Times (29/6/09)
Asbo parents sent to class - Jamie Lyons in News of the World (28/6/09)
'I was turned into a pariah for complaining about a yob' - Andy Dolan in Daily Mail (26/6/09)
DVD gives advice on how to avoid an Asbo - Amanda Williams in Oxford Mail (16/6/09)
Asbo youths named and shamed in police 'rogue's gallery' poster - Daily Mail (13/5/09)
Fury as just two Asbos handed out - Kevin Doyle in Herald.ie (28/3/09)
Asbos for children set to end after new approach announced - Robbie Dinwoodie in The Herald [Scotland] (20/3/09)
Asbos to be used 'more sparingly' - BBC website (19/3/09)

2008

Asbo ban on hoods is lawful - Times Law Report (22/12/08)
The hooded menace? - Henry Porter in The Guardian (14/11/08)
Council wins landmark ASBO case - Local Government Chronicle (11/11/08)
A short history of the asbo - Holly Bentley in The Guardian (27/8/08)
More than 1,000 children jailed for breaching Asbos - Nigel Morris and Ben Russell in The Independent (25/8/08)
Two out of three breach their first Asbo - Christopher Hope in The Telegraph (27/5/08)
Advisers recommend lower penalties for breaching ASBO - Richard Ford in The Times (24/5/08)
'Asbo packs' tell househunters if a new area really is desirable - Tom Harper in The Daily Mail (11/5/08)
Asbos in their death throes as number issued drops by a third - Alan Travis in The Guardian (9/5/08)
ASBOs quietly dropped as most young offenders ignore them - Richard Ford in The Times (9/5/08)
Asbo plan: the key points in summary - The Times (8/5/08)
Legal pursuit of homeless people beggars belief - Adam Sampson in The Guardian (9/5/08)
Asbo proposal for terror suspects - Alan Travis in The Guardian (19/2/08)
When ASBOs don't work, what then? - BBC website (18/2/08)
Asbos 'do not work' on very young - BBC website (10/2/08)
Info Tribunal says press have no right to Asbo names - James Ball in Press Gazette (8/1/08)

2007

Children are our future - we should not demonise them - Stephen Jakobi in The Guardian (18/12/07)
Thinktank calls for use of asbos to be reviewed - James Meikle in The Guardian (10/12/07)
Asbos encouraging more crime, thinktank claims - Hélène Mulholland in The Guardian (10/12/07)
Claim introduction of Asbos was complete waste of time - Joe Oliver in Belfast Telegraph (28/10/07)
Why is Asbo culture under review? - David Leask in The Herald (26/10/07)
Many Asbos 'have little effect' - Link to BBC website (20/9/07)
Police data collection criticised - Link to ePolitix website (20/9/07)
Neil Wain on ASBOs, Simon Mayo Show, BBC Five Live, Monday 10 September 2007 - Link to Howard League for Penal Reform website (10/9/07)
Police chief: ASBOs 'not working' - Interview on channel 4 website with Neil Wain, a chief superintendent with Greater Manchester Police (10/9/07)
Asbos don't curb bad behaviour, warns senior police officer - Martin Wainwright The Guardian (10/9/07)
Scrap ASBOs, says leading lawyer - Frances Gibb The Times (3/9/07)
Drunk disorderly: Britain's middle-class Asbos - Marie Woolf & Susie Mesure The Independent (2/9/07)
Is it time to rethink the ASBO? - Frances Gibb The Times (28/8/07)
You can't ban someone from being a druggie - Frances Gibb The Times (28/8/07)
Courts urged to avoid jail for Asbo breaches - Alan Travis The Guardian (17/8/07)
Every Asbo a failure, says Balls, in break with Blair era on crime - Tania Branigan The Guardian (28/7/07)
New drive to reduce number of Asbos issued - Nigel Morris The Independent (28/7/07)
Asbos aren't working, says expert - Michael Howie The Scotsman (28/7/08)
Asbo capital condemned for 'abuse of power' - Lucy Ward The Guardian (4/7/07)
Senior police officer raises doubts about the use of Asbos - Pat Hurst The Independent (4/7/07)
Reshuffle creates confusion over Asbos - Jill Sherman The Times (29/6/07)
Two thirds of Asbos breached - Link to ePolitix website (28/5/08)
Judge criticises 'namby pamby' Asbos - The Telegraph (23/5/07)
New Labour, New Britain: Taking liberties with our liberties - Ed Caesar The Independent (23/4/07)
The banned play on - Louise France The Observer (22/4/07)
Freedom of information: Information Commissioner rules Asbo names be released - Robert Verkaik The Independent (16/3/07)
Asbos should impose weekly sport on young offenders, says Caborn - Paul Kelso The Guardian (5/2/07)
I've got it, Mr Reid: middle-class ASBOs - Libby Purves The Times (30/1/07)

2006

Rumpole challenges the Asbo in an attack on Labour's criminal record - Robert Verkaik The Independent (28/12/06)
No ASBO without victim present - The Times (18/12/06)
Britain's official 'yob capital' turns its back on Asbos - Patrick Barkham The Guardian (9/12/06)
Asbos failing to rein in hard core of persistent offenders, says report - Alan Travis The Guardian (7/12/06)
Courts issue 3,500 Asbos but over half are ignored - Nigel Morris The Independent (7/12/06)
Our nation of obsessive teen-haters must wake from its complacency - Polly Toynbee The Guardian (3/11/06)
Why the young treat Asbos as glamorous - Joan Bakewell The Independent (3/11/06)
Teenagers see Asbos as badge of honour - Alan Travis The Guardian (2/11/06)
Named, shamed, detained and forgotten - Jason Pollard Index Online (19/9/06)
'It's all about reputation' - Patrick Barkham The Guardian (4/8/06)
Tarred with the same brush - Annemarie Flanagan The Guardian (8/5/06)
Asbos: the politics of fear - Kelly Hilditch Socialist Worker Online (6/5/06)
Softly-softly stance helps tackle mall's street drinkers - Andrew Picken Scotsman (1/5/06)
Demonised: we lock them up. We give them Asbos. But is our fear of kids making them worse? - Sophie Goodchild The Independent (26/4/06)
Asbos 'put the mark of Cain on children' - George Jones Telegraph (24/4/06)
Asbos 'create as many problems as they solve', warns criminologist - Aled Blake ic Wales website (20/4/06)
Mum's the word - Paul Wheeler The Guardian (12/4/06)
High Court judges deride 'vague and unclear' Asbos - Daily Mail (5/4/06)
Too much use of Asbos for teenagers, says ex-prison head - Alan Travis The Guardian (30/3/06)
Why we should care a bit more - Richard Reeves Observer (19/2/06)
Crime and anti-social behaviour - Socialist Party (19/1/06)
Yobs are laughing off their Asbos - James Slack Daily Mail (14/1/06)

2005

Record number of Asbos but four in 10 are broken - John Steele Telegraph (21/12/05)
The Year of the Asbo - Ed West Sunday Telegraph (18/12/05)
ASBOs on trial - BBC News website (20/11/05)
No cure for the lost boys - Terri Dowty The Guardian (3/11/05)
The state of ASBO Britain - the rise of intolerance - Max Rowlands ECLN Website (19/10/05)
The denial of children's rights and liberties in the UK and the North of Ireland - Phil Scraton ECLN Website (19/10/05)
Asbos: what the Dickens is going on? - Matt Foot Socialist Worker (8/10/05)
How the mania for Asbos is turning children into victims - Andrew Gilligan Evening Standard (15/8/05)
Tourette's children 'given asbos' - Jane Elliott BBC News Online (15/8/05)
Rough justice - John Bell The Guardian (10/8/05)
Time for last orders - John Pring Disability Now (July 2005)
The Asbo Generation - Robert Verkaik The Independent (20/6/05)
Welcome to Asbo Nation - Martin Bright, Anushka Asthana & Lauren Thompson The Observer (12/6/05)
Asbo aggro - Jon Robins The Guardian (7/6/05)
A sobering snapshot of Asbomania - Shami Chakrabarti The Guardian (9/6/05)
Asbos will just turn bored youngsters into criminals - Sarah Carey The Sunday Times (1/5/05)
Napo briefing for the launch of Asbo Concern - Contains statistics, analysis and numerous case studies (April 2005)
A triumph of hearsay and hysteria - Matt Foot The Guardian (5/4/05)
Life on the knife edge - Mary Riddell The Observer (3/4/05)
Out-of-control Asbos a 'menace to society' - Robert Verkaik The Independent (2/4/05)
Institutionalised Spite - Chris Quayle Red Pepper (April 2005)
A law for the vindictive - Nick Cohen The Observer (27/3/05)
Mob justice or yob control? - Louise Casey & Shami Chakrabarti The Guardian (19/3/05)
Asbo Concern: ‘War on yobs’ stigmatises children - Tash Shifrin Socialist Worker (12/3/05)
Joint Committee On Human Rights - Fourth Report printed 12 January 2005 (January 2005)

2004

Napo - Report by the probation union analysing the first six years of ASBOs (December 2004)
In focus ASBOs: what future for our kids? - Matt Foot, Tash Shifrin, Beccy Palmer Socialist Worker supplement (December 2004)
Anti-social behaviour orders: case-law reviewed - Nic Madge Legal Action (December 2004)
Asbo absurdities - Matt Foot The Guardian (1/12/04)
He's broke. It's £6 for a fix - Mary Riddell The Observer (31/10/04)
Howard League for Penal Reform’s submission to the Home Affairs Committee's inquiry into anti-social behaviour (September 2004)
Liberty's evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on Anti-Social Behaviour (September 2004)
Turning right to wrong - Nick Cohen The Observer (1/8/04)
Being a yob is no crime - Zoe Williams The Guardian (24/8/04)
A comprehensive list of relevant articles, dating up to October 2004, can be found on the KFx website

Organisations

Asbo Concern - A campaigning alliance of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the use of anti social behaviour orders
Liberty
NAPO - The trade union and professional association for family court and probation staff
Howard League for Penal Reform