Anti-Social Behaviour Orders : A Culture of Control?

"This book vigorously challenges the existing dominant academic view on 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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Preface......Page 9 1 Introduction......Page 12 2 The End of Respect?......Page 20 A 'new drive' on anti-social behaviour......Page 21 3 Anti-Social Behaviour: The Political Landscape......Page 27 Defining anti-social behaviour......Page 29 Disregard for community/personal wellbeing......Page 30 Acts directed at people......Page 31 Environmental damage......Page 32 Incidence of anti-social behaviour......Page 34 Frequency of ASBO use......Page 37 Effectiveness......Page 38 Penal welfarism and the new politics of law and order......Page 41 Broken Windows......Page 46 Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime......Page 49 Anti-social behaviour and the politics of 'Left' and 'Right'......Page 52 4 Anti-Social Behaviour: The Historical Landscape......Page 59 The purification of space......Page 61 Anti-social behaviour as 'risk'......Page 63 A rise in incivility or a 'moral panic'?......Page 70 5 Anti-Social Behaviour and Social Housing......Page 76 Management and control in social housing......Page 77 A historical tradition of moral censure?......Page 79 Responsibility and blame......Page 85 Contexts of tolerance and intolerance......Page 92 The study......Page 99 Civil procedure......Page 103 Prohibitions......Page 111 Breach......Page 117 Interim orders......Page 124 Orders on conviction (CrASBOs)......Page 127 ASBOs, young people and children......Page 132 Defending ASBO applications......Page 135 Disability, addiction and mental health problems......Page 136 Defending ASBO applications......Page 143 Interim orders ex parte......Page 149 8 Reflections on ASBOs as Social Aegis......Page 154 Political pragmatism?......Page 156 Community (in) action......Page 158 Social control......Page 159 Due process......Page 161 Civic reciprocity......Page 163 Notes......Page 168 References......Page 174 C......Page 186 D......Page 187 I......Page 188 P......Page 189 S......Page 190 Z......Page 191 This book vigorously challenges the dominant academic view of ASBOs as erroneous tools of social control, and offers an alternative perspective on anti-social behaviour management which argues that ASBOs are capable of enabling a positive process of engagement among local authorities, housing professionals and residents. Although anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are a relatively recent development in criminal justice 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 wholly critical perspective on anti-social behaviour policy as borne out of politically opportunistic and reactionary motivations, this study argues that 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 often felt 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 Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Part I: On Academic Scepticism * The Historical Continuity of Anti-social Behaviour Social Housing and Anti-social Behaviour * Contexts of Tolerance and Intolerance * Risk Theory * Part II: On ASBOs and Due Process * The Targeting of Undesirable Persons * Fairness in ASBO Procedural Decision-Making * Judicial Discretion * Law and Power * Conclusion - Some Final Reflections Introduction * Part I: On Academic Scepticism * The Historical Continuity of Anti-social Behaviour Social Housing and Anti-social Behaviour * Contexts of Tolerance and Intolerance * Risk Theory * Part II: On ASBOs and Due Process * The Targeting of Undesirable Persons * Fairness in ASBO Procedural Decision-Making * Judicial Discretion * Law and Power * Conclusion - Some Final Reflections.

This book vigorously challenges the existing dominant academic view on ASBOs as erroneous tools of social control, and presents an alternative perspective on anti-social behavior management which expressly promotes the idea of ASBOs as capable of enabling a positive process of engagement among local authorities, housing professionals and residents.

Rather than presenting a wholly critical perspective on anti-social behaviour policy, this study argues that the creation of ASBOs and latterly the introduction of Labour's 'Respect Agenda', represent a progressive attempt to address the effects of anti-social behaviour