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(From The Daily Star)
Byline: Paul Ross
INTRODUCED by this Government in 1999, they've been as much use as nipples on a bloke - in fact they've probably ended up doing society harm. I'm talking, of course, about ASBOs. And we learned last week that, to a lot of scummy teenagers, they're now a badge of honour - a "street diploma" according to the Youth Justice Board. Still, the prisons are full, the probation services are over-stretched and most magistrates are more worried about protecting human rights, so what can be done? One council is at least trying to tame the thugs. In Bridlington they're putting up mug shots of ASBO Arseholes on a giant noticeboard, …