Thursday, 24 May 2012

Government could adopt Cobalt ASB pilot

12/03/2010 | By Chloë Stothart

The government is considering a scorecard system to identify the most vulnerable victims and witnesses in anti-social behaviour cases, having been stirred into action in the wake of the Fiona Pilkington case.

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