Lecture 28 Anti Social Behaviour Flashcards
What is Anti-Social Behaviour?
‘acting in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household’. -Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Types of Anti-Social Behaviour?
➢ Drug and/or substance misuse and abuse ➢ Street drinking ➢ Begging ➢ Prostitution and kerb crawling ➢ Abandoned cars and vehicles ➢ Inappropriate vehicle use ➢ Noise ➢ Rowdy behaviour ➢ Nuisance behaviour ➢ Hoax calls ➢ Intimidation and harassment ➢ Criminal damage ➢ Vandalism ➢ Litter and fly tipping.
Explain Patterns, Hotspots and Repeat Victimisation?
Society and communities are constantly evolving, which gives rise to changing forms of crime within society. Factors that may contribute to levels of crime and ASB in communities include:
➢ Poverty
➢ Unemployment
➢ Family problems
➢ Drug and alcohol-related crime
➢ Tensions between community groups.
These factors can affect the level of crime and crime trends within an area, and changes can occur within a relatively short timeframe. What was once an effective policing practice within a community may quickly become inappropriate, so it is vital that you keep abreast of social developments within your local area.
Long term Issue so Degradation and neglect of areas?
o Standard of living negatively affected
o Destroyed community spirit and pride
o Fear to leave homes
What is Signal Crime?
Signal crime is a concept coined by Professor Martin Innes and Professor Nigel Fielding, aiming “to capture the social semiotic processes by which particular types of criminal and disorderly conduct have a disproportionate impact upon fear of crime.” The concept was created to aid a policing approach being trialled in the early 2000s by Surrey Police called reassurance policing - the ascendant to the current ‘neighbourhood policing’ approach in England and Wales. This approach was developed in order to close the ‘reassurance gap’ - the paradoxical situation in which the public’s ‘fear of crime’ (as measured by the British Crime Survey/Crime Survey for England and Wales) does not change in tandem with the overall crime rate. The Signal Crimes Perspective contended that fear of crime and people’s risk perceptions - the perceived likelihood of being victimised - were linked to certain crimes, deviant behaviours or the residual signs of these activities:
“In effect, the crime or incident is ‘read’ as a warning signal by its audience(s) that something is wrong or lacking, as a result of which they might be induced to take some form of protective action. In addition, the presence of this signal will shape how the person or groups concerned construct beliefs concerning other potential dangers and beliefs.”
Enforcement Activity and Legislation?
- Community Triggers
- Civil Injunctions (IPNAs)
- Criminal Behaviour Orders
- Community Protection Notices
- Community Remedy
- Community Protection Notices
- Dispersal Powers
- Closure Orders
- Public Space Protection Orders
Long term prevention activity ?
Some examples of early and informal interventions to help long term prevention are: • Verbal warning • Written warnings • Parenting contracts • Mediation • Support an counselling • Community resolution • Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABC)
