My lovely male cat is a Bengal. He is almost 4yrs old and is the most gentle cat i've ever had (if not the noisiest sometimes). He has always been good with our children and has never hit out at them.
Our little tortoishell cat on the other hand will bite and scratch if she is not in the mood. Actually she beats up our Bengal!
People are scared of Bengals as they can "look" fierce and they are pure muscle and are quite heavy.
The REAL asbo cats are the undone tomcats that roam around.
Problem is that Bengals are good fighters and Tom cats are just mad!
A few times Tom cats have tried to come into our house and our Bengal has seen them off and most of the fur on the floor is the other cat!
And he does bring home baby rabbits in the spring (we live in the countryside) but he does not kill them just lets them loose in our utility room!
Our tortoishell cat on the other hand brings home loads of mice and usually just leaves a head behind for me to pick up! Yuck!
So Bengals are NOT asbo cats, if people had their Toms done there would not be so many catfights.
And yes my cat has been done as it was aggreed at the sale that he would not be bred from.