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Anti-social behaviour: concerns of minority and marginalised Londoners
journal contribution
posted on 2008-11-18, 09:54 authored by Andrew MillieIn the UK there is currently a lot of political and media attention on what has become
known as anti-social behaviour (ASB). Concerns about ASB appear to be higher in
deprived and/or urban areas. In particular, people living in London are more likely to
suffer from ASB. There is undoubtedly real ASB in London; however, this article argues
that people will have different expectations of urban living and use of public spaces,
resulting in contested notions or tolerances of what is acceptable or anti-social
behaviour. This has implications for people’s acceptance of difference or ‘otherness’.
With this in mind, evidence is drawn from 10 focus groups with minority and
marginalised Londoners. The article argues that our beliefs and expectations of urban
living need to be challenged as this is what urban living is all about. Similarly, we
should take on board the focus group participants’ assertion that all can be anti-social
rather than focusing on certain groups that ‘don’t fit in’ and entrenching their social
exclusion.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
MILLIE, A., 2006. Anti-social behaviour: concerns of minority and marginalised Londoners. Internet Journal of Criminology. Available at: http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/index.html [Accessed 18 November 2008]Publisher
flashmousepublishing ltd / © Internet Journal of CriminologyVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2006Notes
This article was published in the journal, Internet Journal of Criminology [© Internet Journal of Criminology] and is also available at: http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.comLanguage
- en