http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=995562006
MICHAEL HOWIE
"ONE of Scotland's most senior police officers has hit back at ministers over the use of new powers to tackle antisocial behaviour, insisting they are not a panacea in fighting youth crime.
Dumfries and Galloway chief constable and ACPOS youth justice spokesman David Strang also says there is a "disproportionate fear" of young people. In what appeared to be a thinly-veiled criticism of recent comments by the First Minister Jack McConnell, Mr Strang said powers such as ASBOs for unruly children should not be used as a measure of success against tackling youth offending. "
