Coalition government to ditch 'ASBO's'

[afleitch]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/28/asbos-theresa-may-home-secretary

'The home secretary, Theresa May, has sounded the death knell for the asbo after new official statistics showed breaches of the orders had risen above 50%, and that their use has fallen to the lowest level yet.

May said it was now "time to move beyond the asbo", with rsimpler sanctions that were "rehabilitating and restorative rather than criminalising and coercive".

Her speech in south London marks the end to the system of antisocial behaviour orders, which became a hallmark of Labour's approach to tackling crime, with its "asbo culture" of hoodies, graffiti and noisy neighbours.'

[Torie]

asbo?  What pray tell is that?

[Associate Justice PiT]

asbo?  What pray tell is that?

     Anti-Social Behaviour Order, it seems. What that happens to be, I can not say.

[Silent Hunter]

asbo?  What pray tell is that?

     Anti-Social Behaviour Order, it seems. What that happens to be, I can not say.

Basically, it's kind of like a magistrate-issued order prohibiting someone from doing something (like going to a certain area) on pain of arrest.

[k-onmmunist]

Good. It was a waste of time anyway. It became pretty much a badge of honour among young chavs and troublemakers.