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Anti-social
behaviour
has a wide
legal
definition –
to
paraphrase
the Crime
and Disorder
Act 1998, it
is behaviour
which causes
or is likely
to cause
harassment,
alarm or
distress to
one or more
people who
are not in
the same
household as
the
perpetrator.
Among the
forms it can
take are:
-
graffiti
– which
can on
its own
make
even the
tidiest
urban
spaces
look
squalid
-
abusive
and
intimidating
language,
too
often
directed
at
minorities
-
excessive
noise,
particularly
late at
night
-
fouling
the
street
with
litter
-
drunken
behaviour
in the
streets,
and the
mess it
creates
-
dealing
drugs,
with all
the
problems
to which
it gives
rise.
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