Crime and its Efeets
Crime and disorder legislaton
The Ants eialo Behaaii r Aet 2003 was designed to strengthen the rules around antsoeial behavior and fxed
penalty noteess this pieee of legislaton banned the sale of spray paints to under 16’s and gave loeal eouneils
powers to remove graft from private property. The aet also eovered many other issues sueh as truaneys gang
aetvity and publie drunkeenness. The Crime and Dis rder Aet 1998 ereated 376 erime and disorder redueton
partnerships in England and Wales. It allows loeal authoritess poliee and other ageneies to worke in partnership
and develop and implement strategies to reduee erime. The partnerships earry out an audit of erime and
disorder every three yearss fnding and publishing strategies for problems that are found. The P loiee Ref rm
Aet 2002 reeeived Royal Assent in 2002. Its eontent was brought into foree in stages. The main aims of the aet
are to improve things likee supervisions administratve funetons and eonduet of poliee foreess poliee ofeers and
other people who earry out poliee related funetons. It made amendments to poliee powers and provided
powers to people who aren’t poliee to eombat antisoeial behavior. Finallys the Criminalo Justee Aet 2003 was
designed to looke at a wide range of measures to modernize areas of the eriminal justee system in England and
Waless this aet lookeed at things likee amending the law relatng to poliee powerss bails diselosure of evidenees
proseeuton appealss and what eounts ad evidenee and senteneing. This aet also permited judges to sit alone
with no jury in some eases.
Senteneing for young ofenders and Antisoeial behavior orders
The Chailod eurfew sehaeme is a seheme that applies to ehildren under 10s and stops them from being in eertain
plaees alone between 9pm and 6am. The poliee are allowed to remove ehildren who are breaehing the seheme
and takee them home or somewhere safe. In lots of easess soeial serviees beeome involved too. Truaney rders
are designed to support young people baeke into an edueaton. It is believed that truaneys without interventons
is a reason why young people will reiofend in the future. If these measures don’t workes the Youth Ofending
Team will use other strategies as preieourt measures. These inelude a reprimand; a formals verbal warning
given by the poliee to the young persons providing they admit they are guilty and it is a minor frst ofenee.
Sometmess the young person will worke with the Youth Ofending Team through a voluntary seheme to help
address their behaviour. A finalo warninl is a formal verbal warning given by the poliee to a young person who
has admited to their frst or seeond ofenee. With a fnal warnings the young person is assessed to determine
the eause of their behaviours and they must undergo a seheme of aetvites to address these. This gives young
ofenders have a fnal ehanee to ehange their behaviour. If the seheme is unsueeessfuls any future ofenees will
be dealt with by the eourt.
Intended to eontrol he nuisanee elements in a eommunitys ASBOs are put in plaee to improve the quality of life
for all other residents. The orders usually last for a minimum of two years and eontain eertain eonditons whieh
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