Anti-Social Behaviour

Neatly and succinctly takes readers through ways to understand and interpret the label of antisocial behaviour in a wider context showing how it is socially historically and culturally produced as well as understood in professional health and policing or correctional contexts. - Cathy Coleborne University of Newcastle Australia A timely work given the present global shift in the use of social media and violence. Cate Curtis book serves as a multinational mini-meta-analytic review of anti-social behaviours - Richard Langford University of Hawaii West Oahu Cate Curtis coverage in this book is breath-taking. It is centred on challenging taken for granted assumptions concerning the three Rs: risk resilience and recovery whilst questioning what is respectable everyday activities and extreme behaviour in culture and society. - Shane Blackman Canterbury Christ Church University Cate Curtis seeks to disrupt assumptions about anti-social behaviour by bringing together a host of key concepts and theories applicable to the field. Going beyond individualised discussions the book explores broader concepts such as the social construction of anti-social behaviour risk and resilience and the social contents and influences under which these are most likely to occur. An excellent companion for researchers and postgraduate students in of anti-social behaviour across criminology social psychology sociology and social work.