Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain

Constance Bantman, University of Surrey, UKAurélie Baudry, Researcher, FranceAnne Beauvallet, Toulouse-Le Mirail University, FranceEmma Bell, Université de Savoie, FranceShane Blackman, Canterbury Christchurch University, UKSue Bond-Taylor, University of Lincoln, UKColin Clark, University of the West of Scotland, UK Neil Davie, Lyons Lumière University, FranceJohn Flint, University of Sheffield, UKSinéad Gormally, University of Hull, UKJamie Harding, Northumbria University, UKTrevor Harris, University of Tours, FranceAdele Irving, Northumbria University, UKMark James, Northumbria University School of Law, UKCraig Johnstone, University of Brighton, UKDidier Lassalle, University of Paris-Est-Créteil, FranceAndrew Millie, Edge Hill University, UKChristian Morgner, University of Leicester, UKJohn Mullen, University of Paris-Est-Creteil, FranceDavid Nash, Oxford Brookes University, UKGeoff Pearson, University of Liverpool Management School, UKRyan Powell, Sheffield Hallam University, UKEmmanuel Roudaut, Institut d'Études Politiques, FrancePeter Squires, University of Brighton, UKDeborah Talbot, Open University, UKBecky Taylor, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKStuart Waiton, Abertay University, UKAndy Wilson, Nottingham Trent University, UKAn Vleugels, Birkbeck College, London, UK

"This is a gem of a book. It is an impressive collection of essays that successfully problematizes and historicizes anti-social behaviour. Moreover, it is a truly interdisciplinary endeavour - and it is all the stronger as a result. It is theoretically-informed, packed full of fascinating case studies and has much to offer historians, criminologists, and sociologists, not to mention those working in the fields of police studies, politics and social policy. It casts fresh light on the history of anti-social behaviour in the Victorian era as well as underlining the complex nature of the phenomenon as it manifests itself at the start of the twenty-first century." - Andy Croll, University of South Wales, UK "The meanings attributed to the contested term 'anti-social behaviour', the governance and regulation of the phenomenontogether with its derivation and aetiology, are questions that invoke lively debates. By historically situating such debates and by tracing the contextual continuities and changes that frame understandings of, and responses to,'anti-social behaviour', Pickard's edited volume makes a major scholarly contribution." - Professor Barry Goldson, Charles Booth Chair of Social Science, University of Liverpool, UK "This is a comprehensive exploration of conduct attracting censure and a variety of controls in Victorian and contemporary Britain. The parallels and differences between the two eras are well drawn. This is the most complete survey of perceptions of anti-social behaviour and action to curb it now available, filling in detail gaps in previous overviews. In each era marginal groups are targeted and a wide range of behaviours are seen as 'anti-social'." - Elizabeth Burney, University of Cambridge, UK "One of the major contributions of the book is that it provides critical insight into the continuities and discontinuities between the Victorian and contemporary eras. This includes the subjectivity of 'anti-social behaviour' and the shifting boundaries of (in)tolerance in which it is framed... A strength of the collection is its multi-disciplinary approach to the subject matter. There are contributions from disciplines including sociology, criminology, history and politics. This provides a rich multi-dimensional perspective on both the contemporary and Victorian approaches to 'anti-social behaviour'... Overall, this book makes a significant contribution to knowledge and should be of interest to scholars from a broad range of disciplines" - Criminology & Criminal Justice 15(4) "Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain is a very welcome addition to the literature, not just in the field of criminological studies in this area, but also to the growing library of books on historical aspects of crime and deviance... Sarah Pickard has innovatively composed an excellent collection of essays into this edited volume which details a variety of behaviours from incivility to riot and the vast spectrum of different conducts between them (which also includes offences and behaviours related to blasphemy, truancy, football hooliganism, public protest, homelessness, nomadism, and alcohol and illicit drug use)." - Law, Crime and History 2 "Comparisons between different time periods are frequently called for, but often fail when actually attempted. This book is an example of how such a comparative endeavour can succeed. It combines detailed scholarship on specific cases, showing how social history and sociology enlighten each other with contemporary questions, and, together with the bibliography, provides an excellent starting point for any further historical work on deviance and marginality." - International Review of Social History 60(2)

• Introduction PART I: ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SPACES 1. A Less than Polite People? Incivility, Ruffianism and Anti-Social Behaviour in Urban England, 1830–1900; Neil Davie 2. Anti-social City: Science and Crime in late-Victorian Britain; Trevor Harris 3. Greater Expectations: Intolerance and Control of Public Space, Anti-social Behaviour in the Nineteenth and Twenty-first Centuries; Craig Johnstone 4. Anti-social Behaviour and 'Civilizing' Regulation in the British City: Comparing Victorian and Contemporary Eras; John Flint and Ryan Powell 5. From Scurrilous Periodical to the Public Platform. Policing Blasphemers and Anti-social Behaviour: Constructing the Public Peace Then and Now; David Nash 6. Anarchists, Authorities and the Battle for Public Space, 1880–1914: Recasting Political Protest as Anti-social Behaviour; Constance Bantman 7. Keep Them Kettled! Student Protests, Policing and Anti-social Behaviour; Sarah Pickard 8. Anti-social Behaviour and the London 'Riots': Social Meaning-making of the Anti-social; Christian Morgner 9. The Aesthetics of Anti-social Behaviour; Andrew Millie PART II: ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, THE VULNERABLE AND THE MARGINALIZED 10. Addressing Juvenile Anti-social Behaviour in Victorian England: Mary Carpenter and the Reformatory Schools; Aurélie Baudry 11. Truancy and Anti-social Behaviour in England in the late Victorian Era and under New Labour; Anne Beauvallet 12. The Politics of 'Anti-Social' Behaviour within the 'Troubled Families' Programme; Sue Bond-Taylor 13. Anti-Social Behaviour Among Homeless People: Assumptions or Reality?; Jamie Harding and Adele Irving 14. Is Nomadism the 'Problem'? The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers as Perpetrators of 'Anti-social' Behaviour in Britain; Colin Clark and Becky Taylor 15.The Complexities, Contradictions and Consequences of Being 'Anti-social' in Northern Ireland; Sinéad Gormally 16.Policing the Margins: Anti-Social Behaviour and the 'UnderclassDiscourse'; Didier Lassalle 17 . Anti-social Behaviour and the Vulnerable Public; Stuart Waiton 18. Anti-Social Behaviour: Marginality, Intolerance and the 'Usual Suspects'; Peter Squires 19. The Anti-sociality of Anti-social Behaviour Policy; Emma Bell PART III: ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, RECREATION AND LEISURE 20 . 'Roughs on the Turf' and 'Suburban Saturnalia': Anti-social Behaviour on Victorian Racecourses; Emmanuel Roudaut 21. Victorian Respectability, 'Anti-social Behaviour' and the Music Hall, 1880–1900; John Mullen 22. Drunkenness, Anti-social Behaviour, Class, Gender and Alcohol in the Making of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1870–1879; An Vleugels 23. Symbolism and the 'Free Market': The Regulation of Alcohol and Anti-social Behaviour Past and Present; Deborah Talbot 24. Psychotic (e)states: Where Anti-social Behaviour is Merged with Recreational Drug Use to Signify the Social Problem Group; Shane Blackman and Andrew Wilson 25.Regulating Anti-Social Behaviour and Disorder Amongst Football Spectators; Mark James and Geoff Pearson