Member

The measures in this rebranding of anti-social behaviour orders into respect orders are mainly okay, in my opinion. However, like the previous iterations, it will not work because we are not intervening early enough, or our interventions are ones which we make through rose-tinted spectacles, believing that all little kiddies can be saved by a bit of restorative justice and endless cautions. We are failing. All Governments have failed for over 30 years to tackle youth offending rigorously when bad behaviour starts. We need to invent a whole new regime for dealing with violent criminal behaviour from 10 years-old and upwards, but not today of course.