Anti-Social Behaviors

Communities face challenges in dealing with neighbor disputes coupled with various ways of providing amicable solutions. Local agencies have developed useful tools to curb problems arising from low-level decorum and antisocial behaviors (Brussoni, 6432). Education outlining the behaviors of the perpetrators underscores the importance of understanding the repercussion of their actions. Anti-social behavior strategies harmoniously address the negative causes of the perpetrators behaviors.

Identify all the penetrators of minor anti-social behaviors

Anti-social behaviors affect the quality of life within the community. The local agencies have identified acceptable behavior contracts (ABCs) an illegitimate binding agreement between antisocially behaved personnel and one or several local agencies specifying the legal action of an individual. However, the agreement on the contracts reached upon by having a meeting with the person. More interestingly, the strategy often applies its principle on young perpetrators despite of its usage on adults too (Hodgkinson, 295). The strategy aims at giving the list of acts of the perpetrator pursued by the local agencies. For instance, in the case, Sergeant Smith from local police convenes a meeting to probe the Andrew boys, ten boys from theirs school and James following numerous incidents they have engaged in antisocial activities. The highlighted incidents in the case study include criminal offences such as estate damages, abusive and threatening the estate resident and issuing threats to the local newsagent upon witnessing them engaging in shoplifting. In spite of the meeting, the contracts drive towards pursuing legal action as its breach.

With emergence of anti-social behavior injunctions, adults over the age of 18 are often compel by civil orders from the county to conduct unauthorized action. Injunction deals with negative behaviors such as use of verbal abuses, noise nuisance, filthy garden, violence threats and visitors causing disputes to neighbors. However, the social Landlords can pursue injunction strategy against the non-tenants or tenants (Crawford, 218). Similarly, in this case, Danny and other schoolmates caught by Alice brown vandalizing the neighborhood fence even as James and Ryan watching them. Additionally, Danny, Alex and Alex beat an Asian boy at the playground an act of violence.

Family intervention projects strategy usually reached by the agency upon receiving several complaints on anti-social behavior on a child of the family and the adverse effect it has to the surrounding community. The agency offers supervision and enforcement of law to work in collaboration with other members of the family in monitoring anti-social behavior of an individual (Brown, 533). For example, police speak to Denise on the behaviors of her sons in spite of her inability to address them. Even amidst her emotional mood from the new boyfriend, the police officers’ fears to spoil her mood and regard her as a nice person.

Community agreement is a fundamental informal resolution written by the residents to resolve disputes among members. The agreement encompasses the wishes of majority of the residents with assistance of independent mediators who conduct private visit to everyone in involved in cases of conflict and unsettlement in the surrounding neighborhood (Kelly, 145). For instance, Rod faces the challenge of Danny and his mother Denise to consider performing with him Acceptable Behavior Agreement. However, Rish Rod would not relent considering the act with them. The agreement allows him to work with Danny on civil order on conviction such as threatening behaviors, criminal damage of properties and shoplifting. The agreement is vital in giving confidential information to Denise on how to solve anti-social behaviors of their sons.

Minor problem

Training of parents is vital in helping the children to learn good decorum and lower the chances of inappropriate behaviors by imitating their parent as good role model. The parenting skills are crucial in the growing of the children (Crawford, 218). For instance, Miss Tucker accuses Denise for spending much time on the new boyfriend than looking after the social behaviors of her sons. Miss Tucker claims that Denise was hardly at home as she tabled criminal acts such as noisy gathering outside Ms Andrew home and criminal damage. However, the problem can be solvable by good parenting skills that entail development issues to deals with disabilities in learning, depression and impulsivity. Pro social behaviors of Danny and Ryan together with their cousin, James resolved by the cooperation of teacher, school psychologist and parent. The close group of parenting persons can help the boys resolve to control emotion, anger, good decorum with fellow student and control conflict.

Furthermore, family of the child has great effect on the behavioral development of a child. Family therapy administered to children to address aggression of the child. Community based programs with trained therapist can help the children at risk. For instance, the Denise has failed to attend the last two weekly YOT sessions may results to chronic antisocial behaviors that are at par to continue throughout the course of their life. However, these problems are amicable solved through using non-coercive approach in parenting, engaging in pro-social peer relationship, intervening earlier at the first committed problem by the child and having parents, teachers and friend with pro-social behaviors that contributes to raising children with moral behaviors.

Perpetrator of more serious anti-social behaviors

Intimidation and harassment of the community members are serious antisocial behaviors offenses that demands for dispersal orders. The court order permits the police officers to disperse the group of individuals who causes harassment, distress, intimation to the public by driving them out of the estate for more than a day. On the other hand, the police officers work in harmony with councils to tackle problems that cause insecurity to the public. The aim of the dispersal order is not always directed towards the age group but to protect the community from negative impacts of anti-social behaviors (Kelly, 145). The police officer can also take care of the child when the parents are not around. For instance, in this case, the strategy can be used in addressing vandalism of the neighborhood fence by Danny and other schoolmates.

Anti-social behavior order protects the residents from negative behaviors that can lead to distress in life and social harassment. The strategy is applicable to individuals above ten years who have committed anti-social behaviors in the last six months. ASBO strategy often performed by registered Landlords, police, transport police and councils to curb antisocial behaviors. The civil order does not deal with criminal sanction but it is helpful in enforcing breaches.  The civil order often contains the list the acts the perpetrator prohibited from. For example, the sergeant is afraid of the repercussion the Denise the boys will face upon performing the visit on issues raised by PC Brown. Besides, he demands the owners who are affected by shoplifting by the boys to table concrete evidences to court.

ASB strategy such as crack house closure orders often pursued by the council team and metropolitan police partnership to address antisocial behaviors. The strategy is taken when the house property is in possession of individual dealers using class A drug. The closure order is then applicable in closing the house down. For instance, Sergeant Smith asserts than since the previous month when Denise started to spend much time in her new boyfriend’s apartment, it come to their attention that the group of teenagers often organizes drinking of alcohol parties celebrated by loud music during the night period. Upon doing the crack house closure order, he came to realize that the celebration conducted at late night without involving the senior generation.

Assess effective options when dealing with intractable cases of antisocial behavior involving places, what tools can be used, and what action can be against people

People causing nuisance, harassment, distress and alarm can be issued an injunction with an aim of restricting them from committing such crime. However, when the court discovers that if the convicted individuals continue to exercise antisocial act, then the court purport to perform criminal behavior orders. The order bans the individual from conducting activities and restricting them from attending certain areas due to their unpredictable behaviors such as alcohol abuse. The consequence it has to people is that it can extend to five-year imprisonment when someone breaches the criminal behavior order. Police are sometimes permitted to drive anti-social people from the public space and banning them from coming to the same scene within the next 48 hours following the police dispersal power. The police dispersal power also permits them to confiscate items in connection to crime act.

Community protection orders and notices issued against people with anti-social behaviors by the police or local authorities to preserve the environment from noise nuisance, private land and dumping rubbish. Closure of premises, in case the building or house is used to conduct anti-social behaviors such selling alcohol then the responsible agency can call for the close down of the building interfering with the life of the previous occupants. Public space protection order is issued when there rises antisocial behavior that is harmful to the peaceful coexistences of the community. Besides, the orders monitor both individuals involved in the antisocial behaviors or not. Public space protection order (PSPOs) is often used to deal with alcohol consumption. Antisocial behaviors can be of damaging impacts to the communities at large and that calls for government agencies to handle such issues. Consequently, people should be on verge of addressing these issues by not keeping silence to enable them live in safer, greener and safe environment.

Supporting Victims and Witnesses

Identify all the incidents in the anti-social behaviors/crime relating to individual victims

In the explanation by the Deputy Head teacher asserting that Alex the nephew to Andrew boys, at the age of 15 years had been expelled from the school because of fighting in the playground. Furthermore, the Deputy Head identifies Ryan as a truancy child who misses classes at odd days in spite of sleeping in classes. He considers Ryan as a child who does not give enough explanation to his course of action (Kelly, 145). However, Danny comes out clearly as a violent individual who wanted to attack fellow student in class before the teaching intervening the action. Therefore, he became troublesome to the mother because he preferred staying at home than attending school. Danny often found it difficult to wake up early in the morning to attend school.

Explain the difference between the targeted and non-targeted antisocial behaviors using

Parental skills are vital in enhancing development of a child. Children raise by a good parent develop cognitive skills to distinguish between pro-social behaviors and antisocial behaviors. It is important for a child to associate with his fellow age mates with a good moral in the society. The difference between the targeted and non-targeted anti-social behavior based on the individual reputation of the person. For instance, Denise the mother to Danny does not understand why Danny has grown horn of refusing to attend school. She little bit perturbed by the extent in which Danny prefers sleeping. In spite of that, the police officer even sympathizes with her on the effort she applies to deal with her son’s behavior. Although, she does try, Miss Tucker accuses her of spending too much of her time on the new boyfriend than she ought to spend with her children to instill good moral in them.

Therefore, the children have become more stubborn both in the streets and at schools. It is clear that Ryan cannot give an explanation on what causes him to miss classes on odd days. The Deputy Head is astonished that the 12 years old child can sleep in child yet cannot account for the reason of sleeping. Having known the antisocial behaviors of the Andrew boys, Miss Tucker fears to table her evidence involving acts such as noise nuisance, disruption caused outside Andrew home and criminal damage to the court. She worried that the boys can accomplished their threats on her fueled by the fact that she witnessed the boys fight the Asian boy at the playground. It cannot be ignored that she dearly understands the capabilities of the boys.

Identify the partnership agencies who can assist the victim in the Scenario

Vulnerable victims ought to be protected from occurrences of antisocial behaviors. Research has it that the police should change the take on calls and develop a working IT system and network to speed identification of the vulnerable victims. Furthermore, the police are then graded according to the level of incident with Grade 1 police officers expected to deliver quick responses (Kinner, 44). The quick response encompasses the extent of damage, injuries, immediate threat issues, violence and endangering of lives. Moreover, the grade 2 covers extreme responses to vulnerability and distress of the person with grade 3 dealing with response such as situation with delayed responses.

 Council has been established to handle complaints of antisocial behaviors of the local children. Warning letters are sent to parents of the offending children coupled with warning on further anti-social behaviors. The council agency can also convene meeting with ASB coordinators, YOT agencies, police and housing on a weekly basis to help the children with anti-social behaviors. Education and young people’ services is a vital boosting the communication skills among students. The services aim at providing the students with social needs and meets the youth wishes that makes them to have all basic requirements for learning.

Explain how you would make a referral for a victim to your local CSP high risk victim panel, the organization that sit on the panel, and how it works.

It is undeniable that victims often feel extremely vulnerable and frustrated individual within the section of resident in the given society. I would educate them that the OPCC of lately commenced on commissioning services with target of assisting victims exposed to risk of repeat anti-social behavior within the county. The victim service is independent institution that offers practical advice, support, communicative and emotional support with the effect of ASB in their daily lives. Besides, the service incorporates three strands such as coping strategies, empathy and sign posting. For instance, empathy entails facial expression with the victim listening to their concerns and trying to provide a solution to their fears. Sign-posting is raising the concern of the victim through signpost giving detailed information about the event.

On the other hand, coping strategies gives guidance and advices on the coping strategies. The victim service provider is also responsible in managing referrals through the process of community trigger. I would convince the victims that it gives them freedom to ask for review of complaints they have committed against ASB and bringing agencies namely; housing providers, police and local authority to come with amicable solution. It also gives feedback and discusses the plan of action within the specified period to the victim.

Domestic violence awareness

Domestic violence is common when one of the partners in the relationship often pressure on dominating the other partner. Denise might suffer the same due to the limited time she is accorded in this relationship with the boyfriend that deprive her from spending time with her sons. However, in the scenario, the police officer vivid descriptions on her face hold waters. It could that this kind of violence fuels the bruises on the cheek and thick lips.

Explain what constitute DV

Domestic violence is considered as crime that is rooted in disparities between genders. According to research women are the most affected with multiple incidents such as sexual assaults, inmate partner violence, stalking, female genital mutilation and forced marriages. Therefore, domestic violence interferes with people education level and social economic background. It entails behaviors that arouse fear, physical harm and forces the other partners to behave or live a lifestyle they do not prefer. Other factors also include threats, economic deprivation, emotional abuse and intimidation. It is noted that at the beginning of relationship the possessive behaviors are not witnessed but it is often experienced as the relationship grows. The abusive intimate partner does control ways to have power over the other partner.

Explain what you would look for with “tell tell” signs of domestic abuse

Common signs of abusive relationship constitute of a partner that control your movements, controls the budget, makes for you decisions, scares you sometimes, destroy some of your properties, forces you to have sex, forces you to use drug, demeans you and prevent you from keeping tab with your family members. Physical violence commonly witnessed includes reckless driving, preventing you from seeking medical care, harming you with weapons and interferes with your right to sleep. Domestic violence can also be as a result of stalking and harassment where the other partner tracks you until you reach places of work.

Roles of partnership agencies

The partnership agencies must understand the nature and level of domestic violence, the practices and policies to be discussed, the possible solution to the cases to be addressed and cases uses for other purpose. Besides, the agency ensures that training is offered to every staff member about the domestic violence. Consequently, the agency must always give appropriate information to the workers experiencing domestic violence at home. The agency should be at the forefront in sharing important information on Crime and Disorder Act. They should ensure that services are available to everyone regardless of the gender. Agency must work hand-in-hand with the women who have disabilities, those with mental problem, from ethnic minorities, women with alcohol dependency, heterosexuality and elderly people. Besides, the agency must convey information on voluntary and statutory domestic services available to the public and staff members in accessible format. They carefully implement strategy through monitoring and evaluation as an initiative to reduce domestic success. The agency aims at providing a safe environment that encourages individuals involve in the domestic violence to iron their issues.

MARAC role is to evaluate, facilitate and monitor information sharing to take stern action to increase security to the public. The victim convenes meeting attended by instrumental agencies to discuss high risk cases. In every meeting, MARAC provide up to date information on the need of the victim and directly provide links to the relevant service bodies for the perpetrators involved in domestic abuse. MARAC can also provide services such improving accountability of the agency, to find out whether the perpetrator has a significant risk to the public member or to someone, providing supportive measures to every member involved in high risk domestic cases and aim at reducing repeat victimization.

Identify the various tolls and power various organizations or individuals can use to protect the victims of DV

Domestic violence takes advantage of vulnerable children and women, in few situations men can experience the power imbalance. People would tend to quit relationship to be free from the abusers at any time.  However, leaving the abusing partner might not to provide amicable solution to the violence. At this point, an individual willing to quit relationship may jeopardize life because of the other partner fury to retaliate. Therefore, safety planning is vital by involving advocates from CCWRC to develop a safety plan for the children and the victims. The organization also raises alarm on the importance of providing financial education to public in the current state of credit dependent economy. It is important for an individual to be financially independent to permit you quit abusive relationship.

Over the last decade, the Allstate foundation have come up with an old program to educate the victims to handle financial shortcomings such mortgages, loans, child support and abusive relationship. Financial curriculum administered to the women has improved their attitudes, behaviors, intention, less financial strain and financial literacy. The agencies can also work closely to offer workshops and education to provide mental health support. The agency can also advocate for provision of immigration status updates, offer counseling needs and providing legal resources. According to research, since the beginning of April 2011, after every domestic violence death in Wales and England the law demands homicide review.

Conflict Resolution

Conflict can rise in many ways at home and workplaces. Personality clashes especially at work places when a new member joins the work place. Disparity in culture can end up in unproductive way. Unrealistic expectations and needs often set by the managers upset people. Other factors include; unfair treatment, poor communication, inadequate training, harassment and bullying, unequal opportunities and changes in products. Lack of resources often causes conflict not only among employees, but also among individual within the community. For instance, workplaces can be stressful when the resources are limited such that there raise competition among members over the afforded resources. This will affect the level of competition among employees culminating to blame games.

For instance, Danny and Alex are prone to causing conflict in school due to inadequate training they get from their single parent. Danny, Alex together with the other boys ends up bullying and unfairly treating the Asian boy.  The area residents fear for their lives to access the local shops because of the rowdy boys. These frustrations, stress and irritable acts can cause conflict within the community. The boys accused of making noise to neighbors through playing music at the late night and issuing threats of violence. Lack of planning creates misunderstanding s of the state. When the organization and agencies fail to formulate policies to handle anti-social behavior, life can be stressful to the residents within the community. Poor staffing by the organization can lead to ill feeling of staff member resulting to high rate of dismissing the staff member. Additionally, disparities in need, set priorities, beliefs and values are the major cause of misunderstandings.

Evaluate the cost of the conflict to community safety, individual and organization

Most organizations have developed the tendency to avoid conflict despite of costing them too dearly. Poor management of dysfunctional conflict damages productivity, culminating to increased risks, out of pocket costs, degraded decision making and causes hindrance to the organization to achieve their strategic goals. Consequently, conflict has adverse effect on productivity namely; reduced motivation, raised turnover, wastage of time and disruptive restructuring. According to research managers always spend time of the range of 20-40 % dealing with conflict issues, although does not disrepute the fact that the time spending in solving conflict is unproductive. Organization conflicts issues ought to be classified, exploring options and developing amicable solutions.

Conflicts often escalate when destructive behaviors and fight emerge. The destructive responses from the involved victim can lead to unproductive time which does not resolve the conflict and interferes with other operation of work. The unproductive time can be generally termed as absenteeism and presenteeism which includes complaint to people about the conflicts, worries on the conflicts, time spent away to avoid stress caused by the conflict and the time spent in avoiding other people involved in the conflict. When the organization spends cost on unproductive time often leads to essential loss of productivity. However, the lost can be estimated by first finding the annual revenue figures multiplied by the average percentage of the time unproductively spend on conflict (Flanagan, 67). Individuals working in an organization may be upset by workplace conflicts. Therefore, they do not dedicate much of their time in working and they often give low level of performance. Research has it that more than half of the workers in ca conflict prone environment exercise the loss of commitment.

Widespread of conflicts, dissatisfaction of jobs and loss of morale interferes with general outcome in productivity of the business enterprise. However, the quality of the employees can be investigated by conducting survey to the member of staff. Unresolved conflict at workplaces can lead to employees seeking for greener pastures. With emergence of turnover replacement, employees can be trained and hired effectively. The junior employees are affected by the replacement since they offer least experience. To calculate the turn over cost is by offering primary exit interview to find out the number of employees who leaves the organization due to conflict issues. Consequently, determine the level of lost in productivity that occurred due to turnover. Wages and benefits of every employee are multiplied by estimated percentage of lowered productivity during the period the person is beginning to speed.

Disruptive restructuring is applied by the managers to separate individuals with unresolved dispute because of their discomfort. Therefore, it is vital for the employees to learn new tasks and new working relationship which contributes to low productivity. When calculating for disruptive cost, one ought to survey the managers on how they restructure their areas when conflict occurs. The second step is to probe the manager on how productivity is often lost during the process. The survey is anonymously done because of distrust that lies within the managers to reliable restructuring cost. Out of pocket expenses encompass organizational costs brought up by health insurance premiums, violence, theft, vandalism, lawsuits, turnover and grievances. They not only serve as cost expense, but also risk management issues.

Organization can decide to file grievances of unsolved conflict.  These grievances can be costly to the time and expenses. The average grievance cost is multiplied by the number of grievances to determine a total cost.  Lawsuit is costly through time, financial and public relation viewpoint. The general counsel provides true figures on the lawyer cost, fees, award and settlement. Poor management of conflicts always drains productivity. Dysfunctional conflict can extend to negative impacts such as theft, violence and vandalism. It is import to investigate the outcome of these negative impacts. Therefore, estimation of cost can be done by the organization of each instance to give the total amount. Health care cost related to conflict, stress can contribute to both psychological and physical health problem.

Turnover always creates out to pocket cost. The replacement cost such as cost on interviewing, advertising job opportunities, training, medical exams and testing. It affects the level of productivity in terms of number of employees. Decision making is vital, however degrading of the quality of achieving strategic goals.  Lost opportunities are affected by poor quality decision and lessening of the chances of realizing the strategic goals. Other factors that determine cost are employee health, employee sabotage and health and organizational productivity. These factors play significant roles in developing and achieving of the strategic goals.

Conflict resolution provides ways in which parties involve in the conflicts gets peaceful solution to events that caused disagreement. Disagreement can be of various forms such as political, emotional, personal and financial. The best course of action is taken by the expert to resolve the dispute. The aim of negotiation encompasses improving the relationship of the disagreed parties, provision of quick possible solution.  Conflict resolution aims to know more about background, beliefs and ideas and gives the motivation depending on the group perspective.  To ensure that there is continuous growth of relationship to pave way for successful relationship in the future. The use of resources such good reputation, motivation, time and energy can boost relationship of the disagreed parties.

Rod fish from YOT brief the congregation about the Andrew’s family. Rod advises Danny and Denise to consider using Acceptable behavior agreement. However, he would be happier to see them considering ABC. Rod advises the Danny should get injunction as a suggestion of various ways of solving the conflict. Furthermore, he advises the family to take family intervention but upon listening to the family, he recognizes that then family is not in pursuit of family intervention but would rather prefer having injunction. He carefully speaks about himself and being able to convince Danny to consider using Acceptable Behavior contract. Additionally, the family setting is comfortable and safe for the information to reach the intended audience. The facilitator is unbiased and shares the information without any form of biasness. Besides, Rod provides a win-win solution since joining the agencies is at the par of mutual benefits.  Eventually, he ends the discussion by keeping them focus and reasonable to the course of action they will take.

Therefore, in solving conflict it is important to identify the source of conflict because the more the information you have about the topic of interest the more information you gain on solving the conflict. The parties should be given time to express their grievances and ideas useful in giving peaceful solutions. Looking beyond the incident because some problem may be minor and might have occurred long time ago. Therefore, such matters must be readdressed to simply conflict resolution process. It is important for the person listening to both parties to give equal opportunities to members on the possible ways they wish the solution should take. This also provides them with an opportunity to corporate the ideas and allows them to stop disputing. The step is vital for the mediator to listen to the nuisance and the body language. Identifying solutions that can be supported by the disputants by giving out the advantages of the ideas.

Evaluate the costs of conflict to community safety, individual and organisation (note this is not only confined to financial costs)

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Risk Assessment

Other than this occasion – how often are incidents occurring?

0 Only occasionally

1 Most months

2 Most weeks

3 Most days

5 Daily

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Likelihood of further incidents

0 Isolated incident

2 More frequent events expected

3 Further incidents imminent

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Probability score out of 8:           

Do you, the victim or anyone else believe this incident is associated with their faith, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, gender or any disability?

0 No

1 No but victim is in one of these groups

2 Yes: Officer believes it to be associated

3 Yes: Victim believes it to be associated

Explain grading:

Is this having a severe impact on quality of life?

0 No impact

1 Minor impact

2 To the point that routines are changed

3 Detrimental impact on daily routine

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What support does the victim have?

0 Good support

1 A few people

2 Only professionals

3 None, is alone and isolated

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Works cited

Brussoni, Mariana, et al. "What is the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children? A systematic review."International journal of environmental research and public health 12.6 (2015): 6423-6454.

Hodgkinson, Sarah, and Nick Ti