Criminal law in legal Context
Literature Review
Professional Criminological Research Skills
JSB172
Name: Bruno Eduardo De Figueiredo
Date: 25th of March, 2013
Student number: 8840911
The Anti Social Behavior Orders originated from the broken windows theory, adopted in the 1990’s in New York City. The policing strategy was centered on tackling issues of negative social behaviors among youth, and adults (Hewitt 2006:355-656). There is discussion on the Anti social behavior programs, and their effectiveness rates with youth (Stephen 2005: 518). Contrary to popular beliefs, there is evidence suggesting that Anti social behavior orders breach humanitarian conventions and the rights of individuals (MacDonald 2007:609-610). This review will focus on the harm that are caused on youth exploring the social as well as the psychological strains that ASBO’s could produce on young people, investigate the possible human rights violations concerning its assertive tactics which could be limiting’s people’s rights, and discuss alternatives approaches and theories which could seem to be more effective then ASBOs. These three themes will be discussed in the perspective of a youth support worker.
The Harms Caused
A youth support worker must consider the social harms that ASBO’s could have on young people because it has become a concern that anti social behavior orders are prejudicial to those exposed to them. For example, Varnfield (2005) conducted study on the ASBO’s effects on nine youths. The results showed that ASBO’s is not effective and caused social distress among the youth, for instance, the youth felt hopeless on undermining the label of deviant, which the community bestowed upon them. (Varnfield 2005:33-35). In addition, Squire and Stephen (2008:229-230) had similar results, he found that youth would feel despair in expressing their side of the story, feeling as though the police officer would discredit their story and consider any accusations as mere hearsay
Professional Criminological Research Skills
JSB172
Name: Bruno Eduardo De Figueiredo
Date: 25th of March, 2013
Student number: 8840911
The Anti Social Behavior Orders originated from the broken windows theory, adopted in the 1990’s in New York City. The policing strategy was centered on tackling issues of negative social behaviors among youth, and adults (Hewitt 2006:355-656). There is discussion on the Anti social behavior programs, and their effectiveness rates with youth (Stephen 2005: 518). Contrary to popular beliefs, there is evidence suggesting that Anti social behavior orders breach humanitarian conventions and the rights of individuals (MacDonald 2007:609-610). This review will focus on the harm that are caused on youth exploring the social as well as the psychological strains that ASBO’s could produce on young people, investigate the possible human rights violations concerning its assertive tactics which could be limiting’s people’s rights, and discuss alternatives approaches and theories which could seem to be more effective then ASBOs. These three themes will be discussed in the perspective of a youth support worker.
The Harms Caused
A youth support worker must consider the social harms that ASBO’s could have on young people because it has become a concern that anti social behavior orders are prejudicial to those exposed to them. For example, Varnfield (2005) conducted study on the ASBO’s effects on nine youths. The results showed that ASBO’s is not effective and caused social distress among the youth, for instance, the youth felt hopeless on undermining the label of deviant, which the community bestowed upon them. (Varnfield 2005:33-35). In addition, Squire and Stephen (2008:229-230) had similar results, he found that youth would feel despair in expressing their side of the story, feeling as though the police officer would discredit their story and consider any accusations as mere hearsay