ASBOs address the symptoms but fail to tackle the causes

WE have ASBOs now, you know. Well, at least, we’ve passed the law that enables ASBOs to come into being. Now, there’s no particular reason why you should know this, because it was all done quietly and discreetly.

Maybe, just maybe, the system isn’t quite sure what it has created, and what needs to be done now to get it right.

ASBOs, by the way, are antisocial behaviour orders, and they were originally introduced in Britain to stop hooliganism.