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APPENDIX

1. Index of Tables and Figures

Table 3.1 Dispersal Locations
Table 3.2 Deprivation in Dispersal Locations
Table 6.1 Number of directions to disperse given by police
Table 6.2 Dispersal Breaches
Table 6.3 Disposals for proved charges of breach directions to disperse

Figure 5.1 Dispersal Authorisation Procedure

2. Interview Schedules

Police

1. When was the dispersal order?
2. What were the geographical boundaries? How were they decided?
3. What prompted the order to be put in place?
4. What types of antisocial behaviour were being committed?
5. Had anything been done to address the problem before the dispersal order was sought?
6. Was there any consultation with local people before the DO was used?
7. Who did you make contact with in the council before the order?
8. Was there any difference in behaviour during the period of the DO? Is this recorded anywhere?
9. Was there any impact on criminal behaviour? Is this recorded anywhere?
10. Has there been any difference after the DO?
11. How was the order enforced? How many police? What was the typical strategy?
12. How did you disperse someone?
13. Were there any breaches? How were they dealt with?
14. What information do you collect about those dispersed?
15. What contact did you have with the local authority? Councillor?
16. What involvement do other organisations have with you? Youth organisations etc?
17. What has been your strategy to tackle group disorder since the dispersal order?
18. How much did the dispersal order cost? Staff time, publicity?
19. Would it be affordable if you wanted to use it again?
20. If you were to think about the effects of the DO on antisocial behaviour and community safety would you say that it gave value for money?
21. Was there any evidence that the dispersal order moved the problem on to neighbouring areas?
22. Do you have any profiling information for the dispersal zones? What mapping systems do you use?

Local Authority

1. What is the usual process for responding to issues of youth disorder, gangs, antisocial behaviour of youths, of the type that had been happening in X?
2. What is the nature of partnership work that occurs and who are the partners?
3. How did the police initiate consultation re: dispersal orders with the council and what issues did they ask the council?
4. Who responded to the police consultation and what issues were raised?
5. What council officials were involved in any aspect of the policing of dispersal powers for the 3-month periods, and what roles did they play?
6. What areas of the council initiate diversionary activity in the local authority?
7. What money is spent on diversionary activity in the 2 dispersal areas?
8. What is the process for deciding on where money is spent across the city?
9. What budgets does "diversionary activity" come from and what policy themes does is fit in with?
10. Would you support the use of dispersal powers elsewhere in the city?
11. How do dispersal powers fit in with the council's overall strategy to tackle ASB in X and other powers to do this?
12. Does the fact that it is a police power and police have overall sign-off on the powers present any difficulties for the council integrating the powers into its strategy?
13. Has there been much interest in the success of the dispersal powers from external sources? Who?
14. Were the powers regarded as successful in the Council?
15. What were the main positive and negative points?
16. How did local young people respond to the powers?
17. Are there any recommendations you would make to police, other local authorities on the basis of your experience?
18. What place did elected members play in the process?

3. Young People Interview Schedules

Section 1 Knowledge and Experience of the Dispersal Order

1. Have you heard of a dispersal order and know what one is? (prompt: splits groups of two up ran last year for 1 month)
2. Did you know that one had been introduced in [_] last year? (prompt: did anyone come to your school and tell you about it? Was there anything in the local paper? Any other publicity?)
3. Did any of you have any experience of it (prompt: were you dispersed? How many times?
4. If dispersed: What were you doing when you were dispersed?
(a) Who dispersed you? (prompt: was it the police or wardens?)
(b) How many times were you dispersed?
5. How did the police or wardens handle the dispersal order? (prompt: what did they say to you? Did they walk around the area or drive around? Was it always the same officers? What time did they patrol the area? Do you think the officers were fair?)
6. If you were dispersed did you take any notice of the officers or did you meet up with your friends again?
(a) If you did take notice why was that? (prompt: scared of what would happen if you didn't?)
(b) if you didn't take any notice why was that? (prompt: not bothered about the consequences? The police wouldn't do anything?)
(C) Did you experience any consequences of not taking any notice of the dispersal order (prompt: taken home to parents? Fined? Arrested?)
7. Do you think that the dispersal order changed young people's behaviour in the area? (did it get better? Did it get worse? Not change? Don't know?)
(a) When the DO was introduced did you hang out in other areas instead?
(b)Do you think the area needed a dispersal area (prompt: do large groups of young people cause trouble in the area?)

Section 2: Understanding of ASB and opinions of facilities and services in the area

1. What do you think ASB means? (prompt: what types of behaviour?)
2. What do you like to do with your spare time? (prompt: hang out with friends? Go to youth centre? Play sport? Etc)
3. Do you think that young people's behaviour causes any problems or annoyance to people who live in the area?
4. Other than hanging out on the street are there are any other places for young people to hang around in this area? (prompt: youth shelter? Parks?)
5. What sorts of things are there for young people to do in this area? (prompt: do you think there are enough services/activities?)
6. What type of things/activities do you think would make yourselves/young people less likely to hang about on the streets?
If you could choose any facilities/activities to have in this area what would you choose and why?

4. Breakdown of Interviews

In addition to these interviews, focus groups with residents took place in locations where 7 of the dispersal designations had been authorised (involving 31 individuals) and focus groups and interviews with young people took place in 3 areas where they were perceived as perpetrators of antisocial behaviour (involving 48 young people.)

5. Statistics:

a. Call Category Types Included

b. Datazones analysed for each dispersal location

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