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.

'It was time for a book presenting a more positive commentary on the British government's anti-social behaviour policy, and this is it.' - The Howard Journal

'Donoghue provides a helpful reminder of [...] the broadness of the definition of anti-social behaviour' The British Journal of Criminology

Autorentext
JANE DONOGHUE is Deputy Director of Research and Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Reading, UK. She specialises in the study of anti-social behaviour management and is currently conducting research on anti-social behaviour response courts in England and Wales funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Inhalt
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