Asbos
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PSPOs: the new control orders threatening our public spaces
Bradley L GarrettThis year has seen a growing number of councils proposing Public Space Protection Orders – a geographically defined version of asbos that could severely restrict people’s freedoms in urban spaces
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Communities secretary Eric Pickles claims programme – which works with families with various social problems – has saved taxpayers £1.2bn
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Jordan Horner told by Old Bailey judge to stop preaching in public – a legal first – after promoting extreme versions of Islam
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Critics said Asbo replacements could have criminalised peaceful protesters, carol singers and bellringers
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Peers inflict 128-vote defeat on plans for ipnas, injunctions to tackle antisocial behaviour, to replace asbos
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Letter: I'm confident these new powers won't stop people being able to sing carols or whatever else the scare stories say
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George Monbiot: Protesters, buskers, preachers, the young: all could end up with 'ipnas'. Of course, if you're rich, you have nothing to fear
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Original draft of anti-social behaviour, crime and policing bill raised fears powers could be used to stifle many forms of protest
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Letter to Home Office minister Norman Baker comes weeks before lifting of restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian migrants
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Injunctions to Prevent Nuisance and Annoyance (Ipnas) could prevent ball games, skateboarding and hanging around, says children's commissioner
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Removing suspects' automatic right of appeal against extradition undermines safeguard for UK citizens
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Former Royal Marine from Eastleigh in Hampshire sentenced to 11 months in jail for defying nudity ban
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Letters: The bill that is working its way throught the Commons will lead to a host of unintended consequences
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Middle-class asbos: what behaviour warrants one?
Bella MackieBella Mackie: Tabloids gleefully tell of rowing, rubbish-strewing neighbours. But what about blasting Radio 4? Or building obnoxious extensions?
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New proposals to tackle antisocial behaviour will lead to protracted legal challenges over human rights, warns Jane Plant
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Rogue landlords must be stopped – but not with asbos
Penny AndersonPenny Anderson: Plymouth council wants to ban negligent landlord David McCabe from letting property. There is a better solution
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Derek Ferguson was penalised in 1999 and has appeared before magistrates and judges in Sunderland and Newcastle every year since then
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Chief inspector of constabulary says vulnerable victims – including many who are disabled – are 'slipping through the net'
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Minister's trumpeting of £450m payment-by-results scheme for councils is letting propaganda triumph over fact
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Pickles champions government plans to tackle problem families as councils sign up to payment-by-results scheme
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The joy of being called Morven Crumlish
Morven CrumlishMorven Crumlish: Spellcheck calls me Moron and coffee people think I am Marvin. But I like my unusual name
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Antisocial behaviour experts Chris Grose and Helen Tucker review the latest government powers for social landlords
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Golf bags and remote-controlled cars banned under 'busybody's charter'