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ASBOs are dished out on the whim of local officials and on the basis of hearsay rather than hard evidence of misdemeanor.
Thus, in its introduction of increasingly authoritarian legislation and policies including ASBOs (anti-social behaviour orders), child curfews, identity cards (with the intention of making them compulsory in the future), and the rise to the highest recorded level ever of inmates in British prisons, the government has sought to portray itself as protecting and upholding universal values that will benefit society as a whole.
ASBOs typically ban targeted teenagers from entering certain areas or assembling with friends.
 
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