Parents whose children display antisocial behaviour may be required to attend a residential parenting scheme set up by the Home Office, under a new round of initiatives.
The Together Action Plan, published by the Home Office, includes a phone line and website to advise practitioners on tackling antisocial behaviour locally.
There will also be more training events and conferences on the subject, and an extra £11m for crime and disorder reduction partnerships to use for countering antisocial behaviour across England and Wales.
The Crown Prosecution Service is to appoint a new team of specialists to handle antisocial behaviour offences, and new guidelines will be issued to magistrates.
Local "nuisance neighbour panels" will be set up in some areas to tackle nuisance households. In Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Sunderland, there will be specially energetic efforts to deal with nuisance neighbours. It is expected that at least 150 households will be targeted in both Birmingham and Manchester, 100 in Sheffield and 50 in Sunderland.
A residential parenting scheme is to be piloted in the designated action areas in partnership with juvenile offenders unit in the Home Office.
The plan also proposes to tackle graffiti by setting up a national database of taggers.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimpol/antisocialbehaviour/index.html
