Critics are furious that a child has been tagged for the first time

The boy, who is in a children's home, is thought to have been referred to the Children's Panel for minor offences, rather than violent or sex crimes.

Glasgow City Council said the tag was "part of an intensive support and monitoring service."

But the Scottish Human Rights Centre called the move "concerning and gimmicky".

It said the tagging of someone who is under 16 - who is still a child under Scots law - will not prove effective.

Director Rosemarie McIlwhan said: "Tagging by itself will not actually address the problem.

'Offending behaviour'

"Generally, when a child goes into a young offenders' institution, they are part of a programme that addresses the offending behaviour.

"Tagging, just detaining someone in their own home - whether it's a children's home or a family home - doesn't actually address the offending behaviour.

"What's actually needed is to enable the child to understand why what they are doing is wrong, to work out why they're doing it and then to enable them to stop doing it."

As soon as you take away the tag they will just go back to reoffending Rosemarie McIlwhan Scottish Human Rights Centre

She added: "Tagging only relocates the problem. Instead of causing trouble outside the home, they may well cause trouble inside the home which may actually make life worse rather than better.

"So you do actually need to address the behaviour so that they stop offending. Otherwise, as soon as you take away the tag and take away the order they will just go back to reoffending."

A council spokesman told The Herald newspaper: "We can confirm Glasgow's social work service is supervising a young person subject to a supervision order with a restriction of movement condition."

The move came just days after Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson hit out at local authorities for failing to use all the new powers under the new Anti-social Behaviour Bill.