Peter Squires is Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton.

• Introduction: Why 'anti-social behaviour?' Debating ASBOs ~ Peter Squires; Part One: Why tackle anti-social behaviour? ~Jessica Jacobson, Andrew Millie and Mike Hough; Resilient Fabians? Anti-social behaviour and community safety work in Wales ~ Adam Edwards and Gordon Hughes; Towards a balanced and practical approach to anti-social behaviour management ~ Gillian Mayfield and Andy Mills; Lost in translation: interpreting and implementing anti-social behaviour policies ~ Roger Matthews and Daniel Briggs; Part Two: Governing through localism, contract and community: evidence from anti-social behaviour strategies in Scotland ~ Rionach Casey and John Flint; Anti-social behaviour and minority ethnic populations ~ David Prior and Basia Spalek; The ASBO and the shift to punishment ~ Elizabeth Burney; A probation officer's story ~ Mike Guilfoyle; Part Three: Rationalising family intervention projects ~ Sadie Parr and Judy Nixon; Street life, neighbourhood policing and 'the community' ~ Stephen Moore; Room for resistance? Parenting Orders, disciplinary power and the production of 'the bad parent' ~ Amanda Holt; Cameras, cops and contracts: what anti-social behaviour management feels like to young people ~ Carlie Goldsmith; 'ASBO youth': rhetoric and realities ~ Brian McIntosh; 'Binge drinking', anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related disorder: Examining the 2003 Licensing Act ~ Paul Norris and Derek Williams; The criminalisation of intoxication ~ Fiona Measham and Karenza Moore; ASBOs and working women: a new revolving door? ~ Jo Phoenix; Part Four: 'ASBOmania' ~ Shami Chakrabarti and Jago Russell; The responsibility of respecting justice: an open challenge to Tony Blair's successors ~ Dawn E Stephen; Asocial not anti-social: the 'Respect Agenda' and the 'therapeutic me' ~ Stuart Waiton; Conclusion: the future of anti-social behaviour? ~ Peter Squires.

"The social construction of 'anti-social behaviour', together with the extension and dispersal of interventions, sanctions and, ultimately, punishments targeted at the 'anti-social', comprise some of the most controversial policy developments of the New Labour era. This timely volume critically illuminates the origins, applications and impact of such phenomena. It makes essential reading for researchers, students, policy-makers and practitioners alike." Barry Goldson, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, University of Liverpool