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ID6327136
AutoresAndrew Millie (0000-0001-5910-1015, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen35
Número4
Páginas611-627
Fecha de publicación2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditorialBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557307782453056
OpenAlexW2029105388
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

English ‘Anti-social behaviour’ (ASB) has become a high-profile concern in political and policy debate in the UK. For instance, according to Tony Blair (2003) it is ‘for many the number one item of concern right on their doorstep’. In this article evidence is presented that ASB is not a major concern for most people. Rather, concerns are concentrated in certain deprived and/or urban areas and in town and city centres. Within these areas it is also possible to overidentify or misidentify – albeit challenging – behaviour as ASB. What this means for understandings of ASB, and policies to deal with it, is considered

Anti-social behaviour · Criminology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law