General Article Are we ready for gangbos?

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By Alasdair Henderson

The new ‘gang injunctions’, or ‘gangbos’, which can be sought in the county courts against adults suspected of gang involvement, function in a similar way to ASBOs (anti-social behaviour orders), although they aim to target people involved in shootings, knife crime and other serious violence rather than low-level anti-social behaviour. But will they be a helpful measure to curb gang violence, or an unnecessary restriction on liberty?
The injunctions are tailored to indiv...

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