Beyond Asbos? Evaluating the outcomes of anti-social behaviour initiatives – Early findings from a case study in one English City

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6302016
AutoresDavid Prior (0000-0002-8750-445X, University of Birmingham), Kathryn Farrow (0000-0002-0599-5188, University of Birmingham), Alison Paris, Alison H Paris (University of Birmingham)
Año2006
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas3-17
Fecha de publicación2006-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930500453385
OpenAlexW1970250149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas9

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 makes responding to anti-social behaviour a strategic and operational priority for local authorities. Political and managerial assessment of performance tends to focus on the use of legal interventions, in particular the number of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) obtained by an authority. This article considers how the members of a team of anti-social behaviour officers in the city of Birmingham define the outcomes of their work and how these should be assessed. It demonstrates the considerable range of social impacts that officers believe their work should generate. The implications for evaluating the team's work, which would seem to go far beyond ‘counting ASBOs’, are discussed

Anti-social behaviour · Local authority · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology · Social Work