Aims of an CRASBO
CRASBO’s are criminally sought Anti Social Behaviours Orders.
The aim of a CRASBO is to protect the public from anti-social behaviour. They are designed to encourage local communities to become actively involved in reporting crime and anti-social behaviour, helping to build and protect the community. The difference between a CRASBO and an ASBO is that a CRASBO is made on the back of criminal conviction.
The individual subject of the CRASBO will have a set of prohibitions unique to the case to prevent anti-social behaviour re-occurring and protect the Community from such acts. This could ban the individual from any of the following:
- Committing any anti-social or criminal acts
- Associating with certain friends/ acquaintances
- Entering defined areas in the community
- Entering certain buildings, shopping areas etc
- Leaving home after a certain time in the evening – curfew
Breach of an CRASBO
Breach of a CRASBO is a criminal offence. The maximum penalty is 5 years imprisonment for an adult or a 2 year Detention and Training Order for juveniles, 12 months of which is custodial.
Definition
Anti-social behaviour is classed as:
“Behaviour, which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people not in the same household as the perpetrator.”
A CRASBO is a civil order, which exists to protect the public from anti-social behaviour. It is “an order made on conviction in criminal proceedings.” The Criminal Courts can serve an order on an individual, convicted of a criminal offence. The CRASBO order must reflect the anti-social behaviour in the crime for which they are convicted for. E.g. ‘Fred Bloggs’ has a Crasbo, which was put into place by the CPS. It prohibits him from entering Waterside in Stratford. This follows a number of incidents of assault, all occurring in the Waterside area.
CRASBO’s can be obtained a lot quicker than ASBO’s, though they will not be heard in court until the conclusion of the criminal case, which they are attached to.