neighbors or loud parties; teenagers hanging around on the streets; people sleeping rough on the streets or in other public places; rubbish or litter lying around; vandalism, graffiti and deliberate damage to property; people being attacked or harassed because of their skin color, ethnic origin or religion; people using or dealing drugs; and people being drunk or rowdy in public places (Nicholas and Walker, 56).
It is further clarifying to examine the types of people who perceived youth crime associated with anti-social behavior as indicative of the problem at large. People from a non-White background were more likely than those from a White background to perceive high levels of antisocial behavior. Thirty-nine percent of adults from an Asian background, 39 percent from a Mixed background, 35 percent from a Black and 33 percent from a Chinese or Other background perceived high levels of antisocial behavior in their local area, compared with 21 percent of White respondents (Nicholas and Walker, 58).
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