HAVE YOUR SAY - ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
HAVE YOUR SAY – ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
What is Antisocial Behaviour? Are you affected?
Acting in an antisocial manner can cover a wide range of behaviour from serious harassment to littering or dog fouling. Antisocial behaviour can mean different things to different people. The Government defines antisocial behaviour as:
- Acting in a manner that causes or is likely to cause alarm or distress; or
- Pursuing a course of conduct that causes or is likely to cause alarm or distress to at least one person not of the same household as the perpetrator.
People have the right to feel safe on the streets and to be free to use communal spaces without fear. An antisocial street scene can make people feel unsafe and create fear of crime and might include:
- Rowdy and intimidating groups
- Antisocial drinking
- Drug misuse
Nuisance neighbours are an antisocial minority who can destroy communities with their lack of regard for the quality of other peoples’ lives. This type of antisocial behaviour can make people afraid to leave their own homes, especially as victim and perpetrator live close to each other. It includes:
- Intimidation
- Harassment
- Noise nuisance
- Rowdy behaviour such as swearing and fighting
- Waste dumping
- Hoax calls
- Animal-related problems
- Vehicle-related problems
Environmental antisocial behaviour can give communities the appearance of decline and when environmental antisocial behaviour is allowed to take over, other forms of antisocial behaviour can seem more acceptable. Environmental antisocial behaviour can include:
- Graffiti
- Fly-tipping
- Littering and waste dumping
- Dog fouling
- Vandalism
- Abandoned vehicles
- Criminal damage
What are your experiences of antisocial behaviour? Do you think Langstane are doing enough to tackle antisocial behaviour? Do you think the Government and/or the Police should be doing more to tackle antisocial behaviour? Are you of the view that society has moved so far towards unruliness that nothing can be done?
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