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“Consider whether the new procedures relating to anti-social behaviour in the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill of 2003 might be open to challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights?”
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"Consider whether the new procedures relating to anti-social behaviour in the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill of 2003 might be open to challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights?" There is no doubt that for a society to function equitably a certain degree of restraining "anti-social behaviour" through anti-social behaviour orders is necessary. What however is an anti-social behaviour? Introduced by section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, they are "civil orders that exist to protect the public from behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress" (see research memorandum #1). The orders prohibit the offender from anti-social acts but they are not criminal penalties or punishments. One recent case entailing the use of anti-social behaviours in Britain is a case involving a teenager named David Young. His anti-social behaviour which involved (as he himself described it) "I've nicked cars, I've robbed about three houses in my...
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