Cover; Making People Behave; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Foreword; 1 Why 'anti-social behaviour'?; 2 New Labour, new ideas; 3 A short history of behaviour control; 4 Engines of bad behaviour; 5 The ASBO -- law and practice; 6 Expanding behaviour control; 7 How different is Scotland?; 8 Enforcement and problem-solving in the local context; 9 Cultures of control -- a European dimension; 10 Conclusions; Appendices; 1 Number of anti-social behaviour orders by area; 2 ASBO breaches by area; References; Index
Summary
'Anti-social behaviour' has become a label attached to a huge range of nuisance and petty crime, and rarely out of the headlines as tackling this problem has become a central part of the British government's crime control policy. This book seeks to explain why anti-social behaviour, as a focus of political rhetoric, legislative activity and social action, has gained such a high profile in Britain in recent years, and it provides a critical examination of current policies of enforcement and exclusion
