RT Article
T1 Nipping crime in the bud: the use of antisocial behaviour interventions with young people in England and Wales
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 57
IS 5
SP 1230
OP 1248
A1 Lewis, Sam
A2 Crawford, Adam
A2 Traynor, Peter
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1564975029
AB This article presents findings from a study of the use of antisocial behaviour (ASB) warning letters, Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs) and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) with 3,481 young people from four large metropolitan areas in England, which challenge dominant narratives about their use and impact. The findings unsettle prevailing beliefs concerning the targeted use of ASB interventions to tackle low-level incivilities and the timing of their use within a young person’s deviant trajectory. They also contest the logical sequencing of behaviour regulation strategies by demonstrating the haphazard deployment of ASB sanctions within complex webs of prevention, ASB and youth justice interventions. The article concludes by considering the findings alongside recent youth justice trends in England and Wales.
K1 Antisocial behaviour
K1 Youth
K1 Regulation
K1 Prevention
K1 Diversion
K1 Antisoziales Verhalten
K1 Study
K1 Studie
K1 Jugendliche
DO 10.1093/bjc/azw072