Fife still near top when it comes to issuing Asbos
ALMOST 30 anti-social behaviour orders were handed out in Fife last year – putting the Kingdom in the top five highest Asbo issuing local authorities in Scotland.
In 2005-6, Fife Council applied for 27, up from 20 in the previous year.
However, the local authority believes the number of Asbos issued in the Kingdom has levelled out since they were introduced in 1999.
Housing investigations officer Fiona Alder believes these orders are an effective way of cutting down on anti-social behaviour.
She said: "We use Asbos as part of our wider anti-social behaviour strategy and they are only used in specific cases where we believe they will be effective.
"When they were first introduced, Fife started using them right away and our numbers were very high but they have levelled out.
"It is very hard to generalise about what situations they are used in because every case is different. However, we can use them to prevent people carrying out certain behaviour, for example playing loud music, or to stop people from going to certain places, say where they were causing trouble."
Fife also had a low number of breached Asbos in 2005-6, with only five per cent recorded in the Kingdom.
Ms Alder said recording this is very hard, as it becomes a police matter when Asbos are breached.
The figures were released by the Scottish Government and revealed the number of Asbos doubled across Scotland in the past three years, with activity concentrating on a small number of local authorities.
North Lanarkshire issued the most Asbos in Scotland, with 47 applications in 2005-6.
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing believes the figures will help inform the Scottish Government's review of approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour.
He said: "The results also revealed many local authorities adopting different approaches which involved considerably less use of Asbos.
"On their own, Asbos can't solve the deep-seated problems which have fuelled much of the lawlessness in too many of our communities and which the Scottish Government is determined to tackle for the long-term."
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However, the local authority believes the number of Asbos issued in the Kingdom has levelled out since they were introduced in 1999.
Housing investigations officer Fiona Alder believes these orders are an effective way of cutting down on anti-social behaviour.
She said: "We use Asbos as part of our wider anti-social behaviour strategy and they are only used in specific cases where we believe they will be effective.
"When they were first introduced, Fife started using them right away and our numbers were very high but they have levelled out.
"It is very hard to generalise about what situations they are used in because every case is different. However, we can use them to prevent people carrying out certain behaviour, for example playing loud music, or to stop people from going to certain places, say where they were causing trouble."
Fife also had a low number of breached Asbos in 2005-6, with only five per cent recorded in the Kingdom.
Ms Alder said recording this is very hard, as it becomes a police matter when Asbos are breached.
The figures were released by the Scottish Government and revealed the number of Asbos doubled across Scotland in the past three years, with activity concentrating on a small number of local authorities.
North Lanarkshire issued the most Asbos in Scotland, with 47 applications in 2005-6.
Minister for Community Safety Fergus Ewing believes the figures will help inform the Scottish Government's review of approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour.
He said: "The results also revealed many local authorities adopting different approaches which involved considerably less use of Asbos.
"On their own, Asbos can't solve the deep-seated problems which have fuelled much of the lawlessness in too many of our communities and which the Scottish Government is determined to tackle for the long-term."
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/fife-free-press-news/Fife-still-near-top-when.3235878.jp
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