‘Soft’ Policing

The Collaborative Control of Anti-Social Behaviour

  • Daniel McCarthy
Book

Part of the Crime Prevention and Security Management book series (CPSM)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 1-14
  3. The Institutional Governance of Anti-social Behaviour
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 15-43
  4. The Organisation of Decision-making
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 44-76
  5. Becoming Anti-social: The Nexus of Welfare/Juridical Control
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 77-106
  6. Dealing with the ‘Irredeemable’: Negotiating the Failings of Reform
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 107-132
  7. Policing in a Benevolent Cloak
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 133-158
  8. Conclusion
    Daniel McCarthy
    Pages 159-170
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 171-190
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About this book

Introduction

Examining multi-agency working in response to anti-social behaviour, this book investigates the way in which the police, social work teams and the youth justice service work together on early intervention initiatives to help young people, and explores the complexities and practical struggles of these partnerships.

Keywords

Policing youth justice anti-social behaviour Institution organization police service social work

Authors and affiliations

  • Daniel McCarthy
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of SociologyUniversity of SurreyUK

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