[Book Review] Jane Donoghue, Anti-Social Behaviour Orders: A Culture of Control?, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2010

Millie, Andrew (2012). [Book Review] Jane Donoghue, Anti-Social Behaviour Orders: A Culture of Control?, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2010. Punishment and Society, 14(1) pp. 125–127.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474511406642d

Abstract

Timing and titles are both very important in publishing. Unfortunately, this book was published just as the new Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government in Britain signalled a change in policy on anti-social behaviour. At a time when the Home Secretary was stating ‘it’s time to move beyond the ASBO’ (May, 2010), it could be asked, what is the benefit of a book dedicated to ASBOs (Anti-Social Behaviour Orders)? In fact, a book that reviews the ASBO could be extremely useful for those developing (and studying) new policy for what will replace it. Poor government monitoring has meant there has been little produced that evaluated this very high profile measure. However, Donoghue’s book is actually much broader than the ASBOs of the title and covers the wider territory of anti-social behaviour policy.

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