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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822065503321

Titolo

ASBO nation : the criminalisation of nuisance / / edited by Peter Squires

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Policy Press, 2008

ISBN

1-4473-1550-2

1-4473-0149-8

1-281-97540-0

9786611975401

1-84742-351-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 383 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

SquiresPeter <1958->

Disciplina

364.41

Soggetti

Crime prevention - Great Britain

Nuisances - Great Britain

Criminal behavior

Crime - Sociological aspects - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ASBO nation; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Introduction: why 'anti-social behaviour'? Debating ASBOs; 1. Why tackle anti-social behaviour?; twoResilient Fabians? Anti-socialbehaviour and community safetywork in Wales; 2. Resilient Fabians? Anti-social behaviour and community safety work in Wales; 3. Towards a balanced and practical approach to anti-social behaviour management; 4. Lost in translation: interpreting and implementing anti-social behaviour policies

5. Governing through localism, contract and community: evidence from anti-social behaviour strategies in Scotland6. Anti-social behaviour and minority ethnic populations; 7. The ASBO and the shift to punishment; 8. A probation officer's story; 9. Rationalising family intervention projects; 10. Street life, neighbourhood policing and 'the community'; 11. Room for resistance? Parenting Orders, disciplinary power and the production of 'the bad parent'; 12. Cameras, cops and contracts: what anti-social behaviour management feels like to young people; 13. ASBO youth: rhetoric and realities



14. 'Binge drinking', anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related disorder: examining the 2003 Licensing Act15. The criminalisation of intoxication; 16. ASBOs and working women: a new revolving door?; 17. 'ASBOmania'; 18. The responsibility of respecting justice: an open challenge to Tony Blair's successors; 19. Asocial not anti-social: the 'Respect Agenda' and the 'therapeutic me'; 20. Conclusion: the future of anti-social behaviour?; From the welfare state to the ASBO nation?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) has been a major preoccupation of New Labour's project of social and political renewal, with ASBOs a controversial addition to crime and disorder management powers. Thought by some to be a dangerous extension of the power to criminalise, by others as a vital dimension of local governance, there remains a concerning lack of evidence as to whether or not they compound social exclusion. This collection, from an impressive panel of contributors, brings together opinion, commentary, research evidence, professional guidance, debate and critique in order to understand the phenomenon of anti-social behaviour. It considers the earliest available evidence in order to evaluate the Government's ASB strategy, debates contrasting definitions of anti-social behaviour and examines policy and practice issues affected by it. Contributors ask what the recent history of ASB governance tells us about how the issue will develop to shape public and social policies in the years to come. Reflecting the perspectives of practitioners, victims and perpetrators, the book should become the standard text in the field.