How we tackle anti-social behaviour

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Safe Newcastle has a balanced approach to tackling anti-social behaviour. This means that we use enforcement tactics to make it stop and prevention work to stop it happening in the first place.

We use what is a called a 'triple pack' of responses. This is:

• enforcement - making sure people know what is acceptable behaviour and putting them right if they step out of line
• support - helping people deal with underlying reasons for bad behaviour, such as poor family conditions or low self-esteem
• prevention - providing ways of stopping people from getting involved in bad behaviour in the first place