Criminalising social policy : anti-social behaviour and welfare in a de-civilised society / John J. Rodger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodger, John J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social control--Great Britain.

Social control.

Nuisances--Great Britain.

Nuisances.

Public welfare--Great Britain.

Public welfare.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent legislative and policy developments in contemporary Britain have ushered in a new approach to criminal justice. The focus on criminal dispositions and welfarism has given way to a strategy which now involves the management of social exclusion, dysfunctional and anti-social families and situational crime prevention, leading to what has been widely characterized as the 'criminalisation of social policy' - and evidenced most recently by the anti-social behaviour and respect agendas. This book is concerned to explore, analyse and explain these developments. It seeks at the same ti

Contents:

Criminalising Social Policy Anti-social behaviour and welfare in a de-civilised society; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Outline of the book; Chapter 1 Criminalising social policy: some general observations; Criminalising social policy; Welfare and discipline; Civil law and natural justice; Dysfunctional families and anti-social children; Concluding observations; Chapter 2 Incivility and welfare in a de-civilised society; The theory of the civilising process; De-civilisation and welfare retrenchment; Attitudes, emotions and post-emotionalism

De-civilising tendencies in penal policyConcluding observations; Chapter 3 Disorderly behaviour and underclass culture: the emergence of the 'chav' and 'NEET' generation; The creation of the 'NEET' generation; The enduring issue of the underclass; The coarsening of culture; Class, culture and consumption; Culture and instrumentalism; Value orientations or cultural toolkit?; Concluding observations; Chapter 4 The politics and policy of incivility; Informalisation and crime as a normal social fact; The 'new politics of welfare': from social steering to social regulation

The politics of withholding benefitsRegulatory communities and the politics of social inclusion; Concluding observations; Chapter 5 Family life and anti-social behaviour; Personal relationships in contemporary society; Family life and criminality; The de-civilising of parents; Family policy and anti-social behaviour under New Labour; Intensive family support: the case of the Dundee Family Project; Concluding observations: desistance from crime and anti-social behaviour; Chapter 6 Child welfare and juvenile justice; Punishing parents and the anti-social behaviour strategy

Youth offending and juvenile justice in EnglandThe Children's Hearing system in Scotland; Restorative practices; Concluding observations; Chapter 7 The strategy for civil renewal and community safety; The 'third way' and the voluntary sector; Civil renewal, welfare and inauthentic politics; Community safety and established-outsider relations; Concluding observations; Chapter 8 Fear of the uncivil and the criminal; Civilising security; Signal crimes and fear; Streetwise behaviour as inverted fear; Social policy and the problem of security; Concluding observations

Chapter 9 Conclusions: criminology and social policySocial policy or moral regulation?; Welfare and institutional anomie; Social policy and criminal justice: finding the balance; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-226) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-00294-7

1-134-00287-4

1-283-88859-9

1-282-07756-2

9786612077562

1-84392-540-0

9781843925408

OCLC:

609842695