Time to 'move beyond' Asbos, says home secretary May
The home secretary has said it is "time to move beyond" Asbos, signalling the possible end of their use in England and Wales.
Launching a review of the system, Theresa May said it was time to "stop tolerating" bad behaviour.
More than half of Asbos in England and Wales were breached from 2000 to 2008, government figures show.
But Labour, which devised Asbos, said they had made a "huge contribution" to cutting crime.
The Asbo - the "anti-social behaviour order" - was brought in to deal with persistent minor offenders whose actions might not otherwise have been punished.
It imposes restrictions, such as banning people from a local area or preventing them from swearing in public. If an Asbo is breached, offenders can face jail.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
Will be interesting to see if the SOPO (or Shagsbo as i like to call it) will disappear as well...
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