Anti-social behaviour orders [electronic resource] : a culture of control? / Jane Donoghue
出版項
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
說明
ix, 180 p
附註
Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Mode of access:World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on July 14, 2010). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions
Although anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are a relatively recent development in criminaljustice policy in Britain, they have nonetheless been an extremely topical area of law and policy for some years. Despite considerable public support for the creation and use of ASBOs, much of the academic literature characterises the use of ASBOs as indicative of an increasingly authoritarian political and social agenda embodying marginalisation and social control. Rather than presenting a whollycritical perspective on anti-social behaviour policy as borne out of politically opportunistic and reactionary motivations, this study arguesthat the creation of the ASBO, and latterly the introduction of the New Labour administration's 'Respect Agenda', in fact represent a socially progressive attempt to address the pernicious and debilitating effects of anti-social behaviour which are most oftenfelt by those with the least opportunity to escape it. The introduction of ASBOs can be characterised not necessarily as part of a 'culture of control' but as part of a shift towards a culture petitioning civic reciprocity
Preface -- Introduction -- The End of Respect? -- Anti-Social Behaviour: The Political Landscape -- Anti-Social Behaviour: The Historical Landscape -- Anti-Social Behaviour and Social Housing -- ASBOs in Practice -- ASBOs and the Targeting of Undesirable Persons -- Reflections on ASBOs as Social Aegis --
Includes bibliographical references and index
"This book vigorously challenges the existing dominant academic viewon ASBOs as erroneous tools of social control, and presents an alternative perspective on anti-social behaviour management which expressly promotes the idea of ASBOs as capable of enabling a positive process of engagement among local authorities, housing professionals and residents"--Provided by publisher
