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Record year for ASBOs as communities fight back.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-AUG-04 		Format: Online - approximately 799 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 2004-UK Government: Record year for ASBOs as communities fight back(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued to tackle yob behaviour has more than doubled since March last year, according to statistics highlighted by the Prime Minister today.

Detailed figures compiled by the Home Office show that communities up and down the country are using tough powers brought in by the Government to fight back against louts, to help reclaim their neighbourhoods for the benefit of the law abiding majority. More than 2,400 ASBOs have been issued across England and Wales since they were introduced in 1999 with 1,323 taken out in the year to March 2004.

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