Anti-Social Behaviour: A Multi-National Perspective Of The Everyday To The Extreme (Sage Swifts)

?eatly and succinctly takes readers through ways to understand and interpret the label of ?ntisocial?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 ? 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 ?ate Curtis?coverage in this book is breath-taking. It is centred on challenging taken for granted assumptions concerning the three Rs: ?isk? ?esilience?and ?ecovery?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 ?nti-social behaviour? ?isk?and ?esilience? 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.

• • Author: Cate Curtis
• • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• • Publication Date: Mar 10, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 120 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1473915775
• • ISBN-13: 9781473915770