ABSTRACT
The development of 'parallel' legal procedures to the functioning of the ordinary criminal justice system to fight terrorism, the expansion of powers of surveillance, search and arrest for the police and the creation of 'anti-social behaviour orders': In the United Kingdom in the field of the treatment of foreigners, of ethnic minorities and children who are increasingly identified as 'threats' to public security and peaceful co-existence. The introduction of so-called 'anti-social behaviour' in the framework of conducts from which society must be protected in order to re-establish a 'culture of respect', new measures have been thought up for the punishment of behaviour that is not criminal in the sense of the commission of specific illegal acts. Failure to comply with the restrictions imposed by ASBOs may lead to imprisonment for up to five years for adults and a two-year detention and training programme for minors.
