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Antisocial behaviour - a comparison

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Antisocial behaviour and what to do about it has long been a concern of governments and ordinary citizens. Within any country or society most people tend to agree what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour - be it to do with queuing, or playing your music loud in a public space, or using your phone at a cinema. But attitudes differ across different societies. Pontus Strimling of the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, has been comparing social norms across roughly 90 different countries.

Published on Tuesday, 27th October 2026.

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