Securing respect

Professor Andrew Millie's work is interdisciplinary and draws on criminology, philosophy and theology. His most recent book for Bristol University Press is "Criminology and Public Theology" (2020). Other titles include "Philosophical Criminology" (2016) and "Securing Respect" (2009). Andrew is Professor of Criminology at Edge Hill University in the UK, and is editor of the Bristol University Press book series "New Horizons in Criminology".

• Introduction ~ Andrew Millie; Part One: Respect in context: Respect and the politics of behaviour ~ Elizabeth Burney; 'A Jekyll in the classroom, a Hyde in the street': Queen Victoria's hooligans ~ Geoffrey Pearson; Part Two: Respectful young people and children: Giving respect: the 'new' responsibilities of youth in the transition towards citizenship ~ Alan France and Jo Meredith; Every child matters in public open spaces ~ Helen Woolley: Part Three: Respectful communities and families: Disciplining women: anti-social behaviour and the governance of conduct ~ Judy Nixon and Caroline Hunter; 'The feeling's mutual': respect as the basis for cooperative interaction ~ Peter Somerville; Part Four: Respectful city living: Tolerance, respect and civility amid changing cities ~ Jon Bannister and Ade Kearns; Respect and city living: contest or cosmopolitanism? ~ Andrew Millie; Part Five: Respect, identities and values: Civilising offensives: education, football and 'eradicating' sectarianism in Scotland ~ John Flint and Ryan Powell; 'You lookin' at me?' Discourses of respect and disrespect, identity and violence ~ Peter Squires; Conclusions: promoting mutual respect and empathy ~ Andrew Millie.

"This timely and much-needed set of essays should help inform the ongoing public debate on anti-social behaviour, steering it in a realist social scientific direction, beyond the polarised sloganeering of both political opponents and proponents." Professor Gordon Hughes, Chair in Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University