'Soft' Policing [electronic resource] : The Collaborative Control of Anti-Social Behaviour /
McCarthy, D.author.
Examining multi-agency working in response to anti-social behaviour, this book investigates the way in which the police, social work teams and the youth justice service work together on early intervention initiatives to help young people, and explores the complexities and practical struggles of these partnerships.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 'Soft' policing; Early intervention and the politics of anti-social behaviour; Case conferences and multi-agency collaborations; Structure of the book; 2 The Institutional Governance of Anti-social Behaviour; Legislative responses; The Coalition government and the continuation of the Labour legacy; Contractual governance of anti-social behaviour; Anti-social behaviour powers in action; Age; Social class; Race and ethnicity; Gender; Mental health; Shifts and resistances in the uses of ASB powers
Institutional structures and occupational culturesMulti-agency working; Summary; 3 The Organisation of Decision-making; The setting; Case referrals; Situating the case conferences; The illusion of consensus in case conference meetings; Scripting; Managing group size and structure; Proving commitment; Stage management roles; Jokes, teasing and the strategic uses of humour; Preventive working and partnership relations; Caring paternalism; Summary; 4 Becoming Anti-social: The Nexus of Welfare/Juridical Control; Care and control: the functions and operations of tutelage
The political imperative to intervene earlyThe first signs of risk; The 'hunch' of identification; Formalising the informal; Balancing the competing demands of 'welfare' and 'juridical'; Contractual injunctions: blurring care and control; Summary; 5 Dealing with the 'Irredeemable': Negotiating the Failings of Reform; Failings of benevolent zeal; A note on total denunciation; The 'non-engaging' client; Narratives of 'non-engaging'; Denunciatory and benevolent case processing; Banishment: 'moving them off our patch'; Moderation, self-control and punishment; Summary
6 Policing in a Benevolent CloakReframing policing; Doing soft policing differently; Powers of influence and the status of soft policing; Reconciling the benevolent cloak; Summary; 7 Conclusion; Governing through the social; Soft policing, partnerships and punishment; The flexibilities of police culture; Towards climatic predictions; Appendix: Details of Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining multi-agency working in response to anti-social behaviour, this book investigates the way in which the police, social work teams and the youth justice service work together on early intervention initiatives to help young people, and explores the complexities and practical struggles of these partnerships.
Social work.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Juvenile delinquents.
Police.
Criminology.
Social Work.
Crime and Society.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Policing.
Sociology, general.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.