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Annex 2: Sources of Good Practice Guidance
Introduction
There is a rapidly growing amount of material available about tackling anti-social behaviour, including good practice guidance and research evaluations. This appendix identifies key good practice guidance with direct weblinks to the relevant documents, all of which are available to download free of charge. The majority of the publications listed here relate to Scotland, although specific reports and guidance from England have been included where we believe that they are especially useful.
General Guidance and Updates
The key web resource is:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com
This website includes links to key Scottish Executive guidance, good practice case studies and updates of the latest developments and research findings.
There is also a dedicated free support and advice line for practitioners, including housing officers. More information about this service is available on the antisocialbehaviourscotland.com website. The number is: 0800 850 500
The Scottish Executive also publishes the Standing Up to Antisocial Behaviour Newsletter which provides the latest updates and good practice advice. The most recent edition of the newsletter is available for download at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/02/08103554/9
The Scottish Executive also produced Standing Up to Antisocial Behaviour: a report on progress on the first anniversary of the Anti-social Behaviour (Scotland) Act 2004. This report is available for download at:
Statutory Guidance
The Scottish Executive has issued statutory guidance on anti-social behaviour strategies and disclosure and information sharing. These are available for free download at:
Statutory Guidance on Anti-social Behaviour Strategies:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Strategies.pdf
Statutory Guidance on Disclosure and Information Sharing:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Strategies.pdf
Guidance on Specific Measures
The Scottish Executive has published a range of guidance on specific measures for tackling anti-social behaviour. These include:
Sticks and Carrots: Guidance on Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (Non-Statutory). Available at:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Acceptable%20Behaviour%20Contracts%20Guidance.pdf
Statutory Guidance on Noise Nuisance:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Noise%20Nuisance.pdf
Statutory Guidance on Anti-social Behaviour Orders
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Orders.pdf
Guidance on Anti-social Behaviour Orders on Conviction (Non-Statutory)
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Orders.pdf
Parenting Orders (Non-statutory)
Available at:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Strategies.pdf
Statutory Guidance on the Dispersal of Groups
Available at:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/Guidance%20on%20Antisocial%20Behaviour%20Strategies.pdf
Mediation
There is a very useful Scottish Executive research study into the use of mediation to tackle neighbour disputes:
Brown, A., Barclay, A., Simmons, R. and Eley, S. (2003) The Role of Mediation in Tackling Neighbour Disputes and Anti-social Behaviour. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
A link to a summary of this report and a further link to the full report is available at:
http://www.antisocialbehaviourscotland.com/asb/files/The%20Role%20of%20Mediation%20in%20Tackling%20Neighbour%20Disputes.pdf
Further Reading
A useful, if now slightly dated, overview of current practice in tackling anti-social behaviour was published by the Scottish Executive in 2003:
Scottish Executive (2003) Not Reinventing the Wheel...A Directory of Current Practice in Tackling Antisocial Behaviour by Scottish Local Authorities. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. This is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/46930/0025578.pdf
The Scottish Executive has also published a review of measures deployed to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund:
Shield, L., Clark, I. and Richards, F. (2005) Approaches to Community Safety and Anti-social Behaviour in the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund Programme. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. This is available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/57346/0016722.pdf
There are a number of recent studies that have recently been published which provide very helpful overview evaluations of the effectiveness of strategic approaches and measures to tackling anti-social behaviour (although they report on the situation in England and Wales).
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published two studies:
Millie, A., Jacobson, J., McDonald, E. and Hough, M. (2005) Anti-social behaviour strategies: Finding a balance. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
This is available for free download at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/1861347774.pdf
Innes, M. and Jones, V. (2006) Neighbourhood security and urban change: Risk, Resilience and Recovery. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
This is available for free download at:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/1938-neighbourhood-security-change.pdf
The Audit Commission published an evaluation of anti-social behaviour strategies, which includes case study examples:
Audit Commission (2006) Neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour: Making places safer through improved local working. London: Audit Commission
This is available for free download at:
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/NATIONAL-REPORT/A51CB5E1-B7F8-46a1-AF8D-12EDFA3DED8F/neighbourhoodCrime.pdf
The National Audit Office has also produced a recent evaluation of anti-social behaviour measures, which includes very useful summaries of key measures and legislation:
National Audit Office (2006) Tackling Anti-social Behaviour. London: Audit Commission.
This is available for free download at:
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/060799.pdf
A sister report produced by RAND Europe provides a useful assessment of the effectiveness and costs of interventions to reduce anti-social behaviour
Rubin, J, Rabinovich, L., Hallsworth, M. and Nason, E. (2006) Interventions to Reduce Anti-social Behaviour and Crime: Review of Effectiveness and Cost. RAND Europe
This is available for free download at:
http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/060799_rand_europe.pdf
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