Transforming anti-social behaviour: ASBOs, injunctions and cross-cutting criminal justice concerns

HEAP, Vicky (2014). Transforming anti-social behaviour: ASBOs, injunctions and cross-cutting criminal justice concerns. British journal of community justice, 12 (3), 67-79.

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Abstract

The Coalition Government has recently made the most substantial changes to anti-social behaviour (ASB) legislation since it was enacted in 1998. New Labour’s flagship Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) has been replaced as part of a raft of reforms to streamline the tools and powers available to tackle ASB. This paper examines the legislative changes to ASBOs and the proposed impact of these changes by considering the turbulent development of their replacement: the Injunction. ASBO reforms are subsequently analysed within broader transformative processes currently being undertaken in the criminal justice system, with specific reference to the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda and the probation service. A lack of evidence-based policy; rushed changes, payment incentives and marketisation are highlighted in this paper as cross-cutting concerns between these two different, but ultimately interconnected policy domains. Ultimately the changes to ASB legislation are deemed to be superficial, although it appears the foundations are being laid for more radical changes in the future.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Law Research Group
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities > Department of Law and Criminology
Page Range: 67-79
Depositing User: Vicky Heap
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2017 09:56
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:11
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14741

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