Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a
gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt …

Despite long-standing calls to rethink the state 'as a social relation', reified understandings
that view the state as a differentiated institutional realm separate from civil society are …

The concept of social exclusion has been a central focus of government policy for the past
ten years and is now at the core of much practitioner activity. Thoroughly updated, this much …

This topical, accessibly written book moves beyond established critiques to outline a model
of positive youth justice: Children First, Offenders Second. Already in use in Wales, the …

" Understanding Youth in Late Modernity is a highly readable book which lends itself bothas
a solid introduction and a reference point to the historical developments and …

Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the
mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on …

'Anti-social behaviour'has become a label attached to a huge range of nuisance and petty
crime, and rarely out of the headlines as tackling this problem has become a central part of …

Ancient graffiti-hundreds of thousands of informal, ephemeral texts spanning millennia-offer
a patchwork of fragmentary conversations in a variety of languages spread across the …

In recent years, the phrase 'anti-social behaviour'(ASB), as understood in a public order
enforcement context, has gained prominence in the United Kingdom, to the extent that it is …

Runner up in the British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2010 What is anti-social
behaviour? Can it be dealt with effectively? Is the problem exaggerated? From the Daily …