Anti-social behaviour remains a pressing issue across the UK. We ask Birmingham residents if they believe harsher punishments are needed and what consequences they think are appropriate. Since the introduction of ASBOs in 1999, has the situation improved or worsened in their area? We also explore the most common forms of nuisance behaviour affecting local communities today.
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00:00Yeah, so I live in Winston Green and I've lived there for 10 years now, and antisocial
00:06behaviour, particularly kids kind of running amok, is a problem.
00:12But it's again, it's how do you prevent antisocial behaviour coming.
00:17When you invest in prevention, you don't have to do all the, you've got to build a fence
00:23at the top of the cliff, not just pick up the mess when kids, and so you've got to invest
00:28in health, you've got to invest in education.
00:30I would say it's gotten progressively worse over the years, definitely.
00:37Youths hanging around, literally with nothing to do, nowhere for them to go and stuff and
00:41everything, so I think it needs something that needs addressing, there needs to be more
00:44places and things for them to keep them entertained and stuff and off the streets.
00:49So yeah, we see lots of small crime, petty theft, stealing out of shops and stuff and
00:56everything, so yeah, I think it's got worse.