Author Archives: crimetobepoor

Anti-Social Behaviour Law: punishing the poor and vulnerable?     

Sanctions imposed for breach of Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions (ASBIs) raise profound issues of social justice and abuse of power. Criminal Behaviour Orders were introduced in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to replace the Anti-Social Behaviour Order regime, together with a civil injunction to prevent nuisance and annoyance (IPNA). Local councils, the police orContinue reading “Anti-Social Behaviour Law: punishing the poor and vulnerable?     “

The criminalisation of homelessness in Salamanca (Spain)

Isabel García Domínguez Researcher in training at the University of Salamanca, Department of General Public Law, Spain. Currently Visiting Researcher at the University of Leeds, funded by the British Spanish Society Scholarship 2022 Aporophobia, which means the hate or rejection of poor people, was conceptualised by Adela Cortina in 1996. However, this term was rarelyContinue reading “The criminalisation of homelessness in Salamanca (Spain)”

Engaging Marginalised Children: Improving Preventative Intervention in Youth Justice

Realist research funded by the Nuffield Foundation has highlighted the importance of ‘child first’ environments and intervention design for achieving positive outcomes, particularly for marginalised children who are given community sentences in the Youth Justice System. The project was conducted by a multi-disciplinary team, led by Professor Steve Case, with Dr Mark Monaghan and DrContinue reading “Engaging Marginalised Children: Improving Preventative Intervention in Youth Justice”

Punishing poverty in public spaces: living within a Public Spaces Protection Order

Dr Vicky Heap, Dr Alex Black and Dr Chris Devany Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) prompted concern and criticism from human rights organisations and criminologists when they were introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (2014). In short, a PSPO can place behavioural restrictions upon a designated area of public space. If thoseContinue reading “Punishing poverty in public spaces: living within a Public Spaces Protection Order”

The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspective

at the University of Birmingham (7 November 2022) as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences We hosted a very lively and insightful event on The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspectiveat the University of Birmingham campus on a rainy Monday evening (in November!). We were delighted to see so many attendees engagedContinue reading “The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspective”