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Originally Posted by JohnW
Are they making any kind of difference? Or, is the yob culture so ingrained now that nothing makes a difference.
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They have made a bit of a difference round where I live, as the main teenage perpetrators of the vandalism, fires and terrorising the elderly are now, not only under curfew, but have to attend school as part of the order. When I moved to this house 13 years ago, the area was lovely. As Bagpuss has already commented a lot of the houses have been bought up by the rental market. They rent the houses to yobs, and couldn't care less about the area, as long as they receive the rent money. Our neighbourhood formed a watch scheme, and shopped 3 teenage boys for the trouble. We were all being threatened, not just by them, but their parents, but we named names and stuck together and it has made a difference. Don't know what will happen when these ASBO's expire. This lot may be back with a vengence..
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