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anti-social behaviour![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() who do we blame? is youth the key to the spiralling increase in anti-social behaviour or has the youth of today just taken example from their peers and enhanced the problem to a modern 21st century process in destabilising society. Does the problem go back further than what we are prepared to accept and have we now come to a stage where we need to re-evaluate the way we cherish freedom and human rights. On RTE news there was a brief report on the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders recently put into effect in Ireland to legally punish young people for non-criminal acts. ASBO's will supposedly be a “last resort” for 12-18 year old's who “act out in an anti-social way” and could result in fines of up to €800 if not complied with. But an ASBO is just one and only one solution to the problems associated with of anti-social behaviour. Society has allowed this situation develop over many years and society is now looking for answers to something it promoted and developed itself. Some say the freedoms and activities of our young people have got out of hand and are now beyond corrective solutions, but this does not account for the rising incidents of anti-social behaviour among the older adult population in our society. It appears that ASB is spread right across society with various types of ASB being associated with various different age groups. We all hear about the youth who was assaulted by other youths in a street brawl, but we often fail to hear about the pub brawls or the neighbourhood brawls that take place on a regular basic throughout the country. If we recognise that children are not born bad but are influenced by their parents and the environment in which they grow up in. we can safely say that the environment which influences their development is also governed by the way in which our society is governed and controlled. |
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