RT Article T1 Punitive reform and the cultural life of punishment: Moving from the ASBO to its successors JF Punishment & society VO 22 IS 1 SP 90 OP 107 A1 Brown, Kevin J. 1978- LA English YR 2020 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1761699466 AB This paper explores the process of punitive reform through a cultural theory lens. The existing literature focuses on high-end punishments of historical pedigree e.g. imprisonment or the death penalty. This paper instead takes as its focus low-end, contemporary punishments. In doing so, it provides original insights into the utility a cultural methodology can bring to understanding punitive reform in the digital age. It tests the applicability of Philip Smith's theory of the cultural life of punishment to case studies of the Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) and its replacements in England and Wales, the Criminal Behaviour Order and the Injunction. The ASBO was a punitive zeitgeist of its time becoming rooted in popular culture. However, it was ultimately abolished after attracting a predominantly negative cultural narrative. Thus far, after attracting some controversy at the legislative stage, the Criminal Behaviour Order and Injunction have received minimal scrutiny, despite being more problematic than their predecessor. This paper argues that the lower cultural impacts of the new punishments are responsible for the lack of scrutiny. K1 ASBO K1 Anti-social behaviour K1 criminal behaviour order K1 culture of punishment K1 public imagination K1 punitive zeitgeist DO 10.1177/1462474519831347