ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Cuckooing: A True Partnership Problem
Cuckooing is a term that we are hearing more and more frequently. Put simply, it is the practice of exploiting a vulnerable person, in order to use their property to deal drugs. Whilst it may sound like a strange moniker to give, a cuckoo as a bird is notorious for taking over other birds’ nests,
ASB: A 10 Year Challenge
As we enter a new decade, you will have noticed the #10yearchallenge hashtag, which has swept across social media platforms. The concept is simple: post a profile picture from when we entered the 2010s next to one as we move into a new decade. Cue panic to find the worst picture from 2009 to allow
ASB Casework: Building a Strong Foundation
Recently, I was invited to speak at a conference arranged by Frontline Resolution and supported by The Noise App. The theme of the day was using the ASB toolkit and there was an impressive mix of delegates in attendance, including ASB, housing and police officers. When invited to deliver a session, there was already a
Janine Green ASB Chats……….Mediation
Mediation has long been recognised as a tool that can be used to resolve low-level ASB issues and neighbour disputes. Practitioners recognise that getting parties to talk to each other, understand a different point of view, and decide a joint way of living together, can be incredibly effective for nipping disputes in the bud. So
ASB Case Review – Five Years On
As we rapidly approach the five year anniversary of the commencement of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, much recent media attention has focussed on ASB Case Review. Arguably, it was the change to the ASB toolkit that attracted the most attention when the legislation was first proposed, designed to give residents the ability
Injunctions and Committals
I recently welcomed Craig Freeman to be my guest on my podcast (Janine Green ASB Chats…). Craig is an experienced ASB practitioner who now heads up Frontline Resolution, a training and consultancy business, with particular expertise in relation to the use of the ASB Injunction. One of the areas that I was keen to explore