The Developing Habitus of the Anti‐Social Behaviour Practitioner

From Expansion in Years of Plenty to Surviving the Age of Austerity

Bibliographic Data

ID11449136
AuthorsKevin J Brown (0000-0003-4540-4941, Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume40
Issue3
Pages375-402
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Law and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-323X • E-ISSN: 1467-6478
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00631.x
OpenAlexW1986547022
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited7

Specialist anti‐social behaviour units are common within social housing providers, with many established in response to the policies of the New Labour governments of 1997–2010. These units now find themselves operating in a different political and financial environment. Following the English riots of 2011, the Coalition government, whilst imposing budgetary cuts across the public sector, called on social housing providers to intensify their role in tackling disorder. This article explores the habitus or working cultures within anti‐social behaviour units post‐New Labour. It does so through empirical research conducted in the aftermath of the English riots. The research finds that practitioners view their work as a core function of social housing provision. They have developed an understanding of human behaviour, which crosses the criminal and social policy fields with a wide skillset to match. A number of factors including national policy, community expectations, and multi‐partnership engagement influence their dynamic working culture

Austerity · Coalition government · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Habitus · Political science · Politics · Public housing · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

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