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Securing Respect
. Ed(S): Millie, Andrew, Ph.D.
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Description for Securing Respect
Paperback. "Securing respect" contains essays from leading academics in the field that consider the origins, current interpretations and possible future for the Respect Agenda. It explores various policy and theoretical discourses relating to 'respect', behavioural expectations and anti-social behaviour. Editor(s): Millie, Andrew, Ph.D. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Over recent years, the Government focus on anti-social behaviour has been replaced by a focus on respect. Tony Blair's 'Respect Action Plan' was launched in January 2006, Gordon Brown has spoken of "duty, responsibility, and respect for others", and the Conservatives have launched their 'Real Respect Agenda'. Within government, the respect agenda has a cross-departmental influence, but like anti-social behaviour before it, 'respect' has not yet been tightly defined. And what is it about the contemporary UK that sees respect as lacking, that in order to tackle anti-social behaviour we first need to 'secure respect'? Until now, there has been ... Read more
Over recent years, the Government focus on anti-social behaviour has been replaced by a focus on respect. Tony Blair's 'Respect Action Plan' was launched in January 2006, Gordon Brown has spoken of "duty, responsibility, and respect for others", and the Conservatives have launched their 'Real Respect Agenda'. Within government, the respect agenda has a cross-departmental influence, but like anti-social behaviour before it, 'respect' has not yet been tightly defined. And what is it about the contemporary UK that sees respect as lacking, that in order to tackle anti-social behaviour we first need to 'secure respect'? Until now, there has been ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847420930
SKU
V9781847420930
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About . Ed(S): Millie, Andrew, Ph.D.
Andrew Millie is a Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy in the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University. Andrew has published on a range of topics including anti-social behaviour, crime and the city, policing, sentencing, and crime prevention. Over the last few years Andrew's main focus has been anti-social behaviour. He is also co-author of "Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies: A Need ... Read more
Reviews for Securing Respect
"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