The Executive is currently consulting on the introduction of greater powers to stop vandalism, crime and other antisocial behaviour in young people, including electronic tagging for under-16s, antisocial behaviour orders and powers to disperse groups of under-16s, as well as parental orders with the option of imprisoning parents who do not comply.
However, Children in Scotland said last week that not enough was being done to link problems in children's early years with antisocial behaviour in later life.
Shelly Gray, the charity's policy and participation officer, said, 'The Executive is doing a lot of positive things, but we are concerned that the work it is doing with early years gets related to other policy issues, particularly antisocial behaviour.'
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