Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to your 6th lesson in this unit called "Antisocial Behaviour." As with the other lessons in this unit, we will be covering quite sensitive topics.

Therefore, it's recommended that you let a trusted adult know before you take part in this lesson or that a trusted adult is nearby.

I'm Mr. Clarke and it is really great to be here with you today exploring this.

We've talked before about how important it is to understand how our actions can really impact on our mental wellbeing, for both the positive and the negative.

Your wellbeing and your mental health is the most important thing.

So I'm really glad that you're here to learn that with me.

Should we get started then? Let's do this.

To take part in this lesson fully, you're going to need an exercise book or piece of paper and a pen.

So if you don't have that nearby or with you now, just pause this video, go and get it, and when you've got it, just press play and we'll start.

You've already started your learning today by taking part in the introduction quiz.

Some of the other areas we're going to cover during this lesson include the examples and causes for antisocial behaviour.

The victims and the impact that antisocial behaviour will cause and can cause.

And ultimately.

what the consequences are to those who display antisocial behaviour.

You will then be ready to take part in your exit quiz.

And it's my favourite part of the lesson because I love seeing how much we've managed to learn throughout this time together.

Some keywords you need to look at for today, and as always, I do recommend that you write these down so that you can come back and refer to them throughout the lesson and throughout the unit.

Antisocial behaviour, now, this is defined as acting in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress to one or more persons not of the same household.

And that's the quite important part of that definition.

They can't be part of the same household as such.

And harassment, because that's a word we haven't yet explored in this unit, can be defined as aggressive pressure or intimidation.

You should remember from last lesson that we looked at aggression and how that's defined previously.

So to get us started and thinking about antisocial behaviour, I've got a true or false question for you.

Now, is this true or is it false? Antisocial behaviour is sometimes attributed to a mental health issue or disorder.

So, do people commit or display antisocial behaviour because of a mental health issue? Is that true or is that false? Point now to what you think is the correct answer in three, two, one.

What do you think, true or false? Should we see if you're right? It's true.

Mental health professionals have classified persistent and repetitive antisocial behaviour as a conduct disorder.

And also included in this is stealing, defiance, fire-setting, aggression.

So it recognised that it can be linked sometimes to mental health issues or disorders.

And remember that it has to be persistent and repetitive for it to be a link in that way.

We're going to look at further examples and causes of antisocial behaviour.

What examples can you think of? I've given you a few in that definition we just looked at, but knowing a little bit more about what anti-social behaviour means and how we define it, can you think of any examples of acts of antisocial behaviour? What do you think somebody has to be doing to be told by the law or a police officer that they are displaying antisocial behaviour? Jot some ideas and thoughts down.

And when you've done that, press play, and we'll carry on with today's lesson.

You have some examples? Excellent, I've got some as well.

And I've been thinking, I wrote some down.

So let's see if we've got any of the same or perhaps I got some that you didn't think of.

Many actions which may constitute antisocial behaviour are also criminal offences.

Now, that's really important to know at the start because you might be looking at this thinking, "But surely that comes under a different law," but we have to recognise that they do interlink.

So examples include graffiti, vandalism, shouting or displaying noisy behaviour in public places, buying or selling drugs in the street, a drunken or threatening behaviour, joyriding or using vehicles in an antisocial manner.

So going down the road with music blaring out really loud, that's antisocial behaviour.

Now, antisocial behaviour broken down.

The first one you can see there already, personal antisocial behaviour.

There's three main categories we're going to look at.

And personal antisocial behaviour is when a person targets a specific individual or a group.

Now, we're going to look at examples of personal antisocial behaviour very soon.

So hopefully, that will help with the definition.

You then have what's called environmental antisocial behaviour.

And that's when a person causes trouble, annoyance, or suffering to a community.

So the word there to link it is environmental.

And we can think of personal being about people or individuals by that word personal at the start.

And they have a nuisance antisocial behaviour.

And this is when a person's actions affect the wider community, so public spaces or buildings.

At this point, I would advise you to perhaps pause the video and just jot down these definitions of the three examples of antisocial behaviour.

And when you've got those, press play.

You're going to see coming up on your screen now, different examples that might fit under each of these three types of antisocial behaviour.

The first one I've put on the screen already for you.

Joy riding or using vehicles in an antisocial manner.

For example, music up too loud.

Can you point to where you think that belongs? Is that an example of personal antisocial behaviour, nuisance antisocial behaviour, or environmental social behaviour? Point now to what you think is the correct answer.

You ready to find out? That is an example of environmental antisocial behaviour.

Remember, affecting the whole community environment wider, particularly in public places.

The next one we have is buying or selling drugs in the street.

Where do we think that belongs? Quick fire round, three, two, one.

Let's see if you're correct.

Again, that comes under as an example of environmental.

Here we go, let's bring another one for you.

Again, can you tell me which example you think this is? Which of these categories is this an example of? In three, two, one, drunken or threatening behaviour belongs? It could be under both, 'cause not only is it affecting the environment, but actually, that drunken or threatening behaviour could be towards a particular individual or group of people.

So therefore it could be an example of two types of antisocial behaviour in terms of categories.

And then we have graffiti and vandalism.

Where do we think that one fits? Can you point and show me in three, in two, and one, let's see if you're correct, here we go.

It's an example of nuisance.

And we know this because it's affecting public places.

So what are some causes of antisocial behaviour, do we think? Why might someone display or perform antisocial behaviour? Their environment might encourage them.

Through their influences.

It may be for a lack of education in terms of understanding and knowledge.

It could be from substance misuse.

So the use of alcohol and drugs which are causing this behaviour.

And it could also, as we've explored before, be linked to poor mental health.

There are lots of reasons why someone may end up performing antisocial behaviour.

You also have something called an antisocial personality disorder.

So we've already explored and explained earlier how it can be linked to mental health and disorders.

So an antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, you might've heard it as, is a mental disorder in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong.

And that the key word there is consistently, which means not once or twice, it's always happening, it's consistent.

And they may ignore the rights and feelings of others.

They tend to antagonise or manipulate, which means to control.

Or treat others harshly.

And they show no guilt or remorse.

We looked at that word guilt last lesson.

They have no guilt or remorse for their behaviour.

So some people in a way, it's part of their brain, and their development, and the way that they, potentially through the other causes, see the world.

And this is called antisocial personality disorder.

So I'd now like you to pause this video and complete the following task.

I want you to use this time to reflect on what you've learned so far, take some notes.

And when you feel ready, continue that learning.

We talked about a lot.

So you might need a moment just to reflect and make sure you've got everything written down that you need to.

And think about these two questions.

What might lead someone to display antisocial behaviour and what forms of antisocial behaviour are there? Can you remember? Remember as well, if you need to pause this video and rewind back and explore what we've already talked about again, then do that.

And make sure you write some more notes as you go through.

If you feel ready to carry on, just press play.

Now we're going to look at the impact on the victims of those who either directly or indirectly experienced antisocial behaviour.

We're now going to look at how somebody might feel after experiencing personal antisocial behaviour.

So here we have John and let's think about some of the ways that he might be feeling when being exposed to antisocial behaviour.

I'd like you to pause this video and write down your thoughts.

And when you've got some down, just press play again.

So hopefully by now, you've got lots of ideas about how he might be feeling in this moment or perhaps afterwards, or perhaps even a few weeks afterwards.

Here's some that I got.

He may find that he can't sleep at night.

Or doesn't feel safe at home, his school, or his local community.

He may not even feel able to walk out the door.

There may be a part of him that blames himself, thinking that actually it's his fault that this is happening.

And it's something that he needs to do or change.

He may feel that actually, he can't build relationships, and feels quite anxious around those that are near him.

He may develop some form of mental health problems or may on a worst case scenario, start physically harming himself, or trying to change how he looks in an unhealthy way because of what he's experiencing.

And as mentioned, there may be that element of fear to even step outside the door.

So at this point, I'd now like you to pause the video, and complete the following task.

I'd like you to think about three top tips that you could maybe give to John on what he could do in this situation that could support him.

Think about who he might speak to as a clue.

When you've got those three top tips, I would then like you to press play and we'll compare our tips.

These are some of the tips that you may have had, and you may want to write down as well.

He can report what happened to a trusted adult.

We know he's got his dad, or the police.

He could avoid the area it occurred, if possible.

Most importantly, not to retaliate or respond to those who are committing the antisocial behaviour.

Saving and keeping as much evidence if it's happening online.

For example, keeping those messages.

And contacting potentially an online service such as your local victim support team.

And you can find that through victimsupport.

org.

uk.

So then, if someone commits antisocial behaviour, what are the actual consequences that they may face? I want you to pause this video and complete the following task.

I want you to think about what do you think the consequences are for displaying antisocial behaviour? And I want you to write this down before I even show you the answer to this question because it might be that you think different acts of antisocial behaviour will warrant different consequences.

Write down those thoughts.

And then afterwards, we'll compare what you've put with what the law says.

When you've done that, just press play, and we'll do that comparison.

Are you ready to then to see what the law says? So again, this is broken down.

So we have, you can get what's called a Civil Injunction from the ages of 10 plus.

A Community Protection Notice, but those are for people 16 plus.

Or a Criminal Behaviour Order, CBO, for those that happens at 10 plus.

Now, we will be looking at actually what happens if you are below 10 as well.

So a Civil Injunction means you are placed under certain sanctions, and you might demand a certain positive outcome or you might have to want to go treatment or potentially do some form of community service.

So helping the community in some way, giving back.

And often, this can happen at a local level.

So these are often the first level.

And these can be given out by police officers and local courts as well, County Courts we might say.

A Community Protection Notice, however, is committing an antisocial behaviour that is having an ongoing negative effect on the quality of life of the community.

So this is an ongoing, that idea of consistent negative behaviour.

A CBO, a Criminal Behaviour Order, can require a person to do something as well as restricting their activities or where they can go.

And if they breach that, which means they don't follow the rules that they were given, that order can carry a maximum of five years imprisonment.

Now, often imprisonment won't happen if you go against a Civil Injunction, but going against that may raise it up to becoming a CBO or further, depending on what the level of antisocial behaviour is displayed.

And again, remember, it's about consistency as well, whether or not you learn from the mistake or you keep performing the same action.

Those of you aged below 10, what do you think happens? So although you can't be put to prison as such, or trialled at the age of below 10, they would be looking at other things, putting in place in terms of support, potentially looking at your environment and where you are, and perhaps removing you from that environment if they feel that you are not safe there.

I want you now to pause this video and complete the following task.

Oh, that's in there twice.

I would now like you to pause the video and complete the following task 'cause I asked you the question, what do you think the consequences are for displaying antisocial behaviour? So I want you go back to what you wrote earlier, and for this answer to this question, and having now seen what the law says, in a different colour, so you might find yourself a different coloured pen for this, add in anything new that you now learned that you didn't know before.

This is a really great way to visually see how much new information you've learned.

When you've done that, press play, and we'll finish up our lesson.

Amazing, hopefully you've now got some new information down and you can see what new things you've learned.

But for the final task today, I would like you to think what are the four new things that you've learned? Maybe they're four new keywords.

Maybe they're one of the sanctions.

Whatever they might be, I want you to write down four things.

Might be four words, four sentences, you decide.

But what are the four things that you've learned today about antisocial behaviour? So pause now and when you've got those four things, press play.

Well done on a fantastic lesson talking about antisocial behaviour.

Don't forget that you now need to go and make sure you finish and complete the exit quiz.

And you've wrote so much today that I've no doubt you're going to do absolutely smashing in it.

We only have one more lesson left in his unit.

So I really hope you're going to join me for that very, very soon.

Until then, bye.