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... 1998 defined antisocial behaviour as acting in a "manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household". This definition appears to be somewhat unhelpful, in that it is wide open to opinion and interpretation. As pointed out in a report on findings of a recent Crime and Justice survey, "people have different expectations and levels of tolerance. What one person may find offensive or distressing, another person might view as innocuous"1. For example, a group of five or six youths on a street corner at 7 p.m. shouting and laughing may be intimidating to an elderly lady living on her own, but a twenty-five year old male may well think nothing of it. The British Crime Survey of 2000 stated that nine per cent of adults had experienced disorderly and antisocial behaviour in the last year. A ...