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Program aims to reduce antisocial behaviour.


Southern Cross University social scientist Dr Richard Hil is working on a pilot program to reduce antisocial antisocial /an·ti·so·cial/ (-so´sh'l)
1. denoting behavior that violates the rights of others, societal mores, or the law.

2. denoting the specific personality traits seen in antisocial personality disorder.
 behaviour among young people in the Coifs Harbour area. The Coifs Harbour City Harbour City is a large shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China. It is part of a series of office blocks and hotels. It comprises four parts: Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, Ocean Terminal, Ocean Centre (with 1980s retro decor), and the Gateway.  Council spends $100,000 annually on repairs to vandalised public property, while a number of other coastal towns in northern NSW NSW New South Wales

Noun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare
Naval Special Warfare
 are also having problems with vandalism. Community organisations, including the local chamber of commerce, will work on the program with Dr Hil. 'We need to engage with young people in meaningful and sensitive ways and get them away from participating in this harmful sort of behaviour,' Dr Hil said. NSW National Party MP Andrew Fraser There are several notable people by the name of Andrew Fraser:
  • Drew Fraser, an Australian academic who sparked a major furore over academic freedom during 2005
 believes that a police blitz is the solution to the community's vandalism problems. 'You won't solve the problem by patting these kids on the head,' he said (Sun Herald, 1/10/06, p.33).
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Author:Gross, Kate
Publication:Youth Studies Australia
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:8AUST
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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