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Anti-social behaviour legislation and the policing of boy racers: dispersal orders and seizure of vehicles
journal contribution
posted on 2014-11-25, 14:32 authored by Karen LumsdenThis article considers the policing of young drivers in Scotland who are known as boy racers. It outlines the ways in which the police addressed the problem of anti-social driving by youths in a built-up urban environment in the context of concern and pressure from businesses, residents, the local authority, media, and government. Policing practices were shaped by the introduction of anti-social behaviour legislation including dispersal orders and seizure of vehicles. This involved behaviours not previously seen as deviant or anti-social now being defined as such, in relation to the perceptions of local residents and businesses. The article considers the success of the use of anti-social behaviour legislation, including dispersal orders and seizure of vehicles, and the impact this had on police relations with young drivers.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Published in
Policing: a Journal of Policy and PracticeVolume
online firstPages
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LUMSDEN, K., 2014. Anti-social behaviour legislation and the policing of boy racers: dispersal orders and seizure of vehicles. Policing, 8 (2), pp. 135-143.Publisher
Oxford University Press / © The Author.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2014Notes
This article has been accepted for publication in Policing Published by Oxford University PressISSN
1752-4512Publisher version
Language
- en