ASBOs an infringement of civil rights

THE controversial anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) and other amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill 2004 are due to go to the Cabinet for approval on June 6.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties

(ICCL) recently highlighted why we should be concerned: "The ICCL is concerned that in the Criminal Justice Bill 2004, there is a strong tendency to see solutions to crime in terms of increase of policing powers without the necessary evaluation of how powers are used it is all too easy to advance 'quick-fix' populist answers to crime, which lack any evidence base as to their effectiveness and in fact in time will contribute to an unjust system."