Asbo Nation [electronic resource] : The Criminalisation of Nuisance
Squires, Peter.
Squires, PeterContributor
Bristol : Policy Press,
2008.
This collection brings together opinion, commentary, research evidence, professional guidance, debate and critique in order to understand the phenomenon of anti-social behaviour.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
This collection brings together opinion, commentary, research evidence, professional guidance, debate and critique in order to understand the phenomenon of anti-social behaviour.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Crime prevention --Great Britain.
Crime --Sociological aspects --Great Britain.
Criminal behavior.
Nuisances --Great Britain.
Crime prevention
Nuisances
Criminal behavior
Crime
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency