super ASBO

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English

Etymology

From super +‎ ASBO, considered to be a stronger version of the anti-social behaviour order.

Noun

super ASBO (plural super ASBOs)

  1. (UK law, informal) serious crime prevention order; a civil injunction used to prevent certain serious crimes
    • 2008, Jill Lorimer, “Super ASBOs”, in New Law Journal, number 7303:
      Serious crime prevention orders (SCPOs) were introduced in the Serious Crime Act 2007 (SCA 2007), Pt 1 on 30 October 2007. Dubbed “super ASBOs” by the media, these are civil orders which may be made independently of criminal proceedings against those suspected of involvement in serious crime.
    • 2019, Michael J. Allen, Ian Edwards, chapter 8, in Criminal Law, Fifteenth edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, Encouraging or assisting offences (section 8.2), page 305:
      Part 1 of the SCA creates Serious Crime Prevention Orders (dubbed super ASBOs) designed to restrict or disrupt those involved in serious crime.
    • 2023 March 30, “Drugs gang boss nicknamed Titanium Otter jailed”, in BBC:
      Ferguson was also given a serious crime prevention order - a so-called Super Asbo - designed to curb criminal behaviour once released from prison.