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ASB: Risk Factors

Many factors have been identified that, while they do not cause anti-social behaviour, do increase the risk of it happening. Four main areas have been identified (source: Home Office, Research Development & Statistics, ASB - A collection of published evidence,2004):

1. Family Environment
2. Schooling & Educational Attainment
3. Community Life / Accommodation / Employment
4. Personal and Individual Factors

Family Environment

Risk factors include:

• poor parental discipline and supervision
• family conflict (between parents or between parents and children)
• family history of problem behaviour
• parental involvement/attitudes condoning problem behaviour

Schooling & Educational Attainment

Risk factors include:

• aggressive behaviour (e.g. bullying)
• lack of commitment to school
• school disorganisation
• school exclusion and truancy patterns
• low achievement at school

Community Life / Accommodation / Employment

Risk factors include:

• community disorganisation and neglect
• the availability of drugs and alcohol
• lack of neighbourhood attachment
• growing up in a deprived area within low income families, high rates of unemployment and a high turnover of population
• areas where there are high levels of vandalism

Personal and Individual Factors

Risk factors include:

• alienation and lack of social commitment
• early involvement in problem behaviour
• attitudes that condone problem behaviour
• for young people, a high proportion of unsupervised time spent with peers and friends or peers involved in problem behaviour
• mental illness
• early involvement in the use of illegal drugs and crime

(taken from http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour/what-is-asb/)

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