Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables, figures and photographs v
4. Acknowledgements vi
5. Notes on contributors vii
6. Introduction 1
7. The definition and construction of anti-social behaviour in the UK
8. Housing and the new governance of conduct 19
9. Governing tenants: from dreadful enclosures to dangerous places 37
10. Labelling: constructing definitions of anti-social behaviour? 57
11. Anti-social behaviour: voices from the front line 79
12. Spaces of discipline and control: the compounded citizenship of social renting 99
13. Legal techniques and measures utilised by social landlords to address anti-social behaviour
14. Tenancy agreements: a mechanism for governing anti-social behaviour? 119
15. The changing legal framework: from landlords to agents of social control 137
16. Social landlords, anti-social behaviour and countermeasures 155
17. The emerging mechanisms of addressing anti-social behaviour in housing governance
18. Evaluating the Shelter Inclusion Project: a floating support service for households accused of anti-social behaviour 179
19. Tackling anti-social behaviour: an evaluation of the Dundee Families Project 199
20. Policing and community safety in residential areas: the mixed economy of visible patrols 219
21. Gated communities: a response to, or remedy for, anti-social behaviour? 239
22. Studies of housing and anti-social behaviour from an international perspective
23. Housing and anti-social behaviour in Australia 259
24. Testing urban forms: city, control and ‘urban violence’ in France 281
25. Residential stability among adolescents in public housing: a risk factor for delinquent and violent behaviour? 301
26. Conclusion 325
27. Index 335