"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.

"Curtis takes the reader through the perceptions and concepts of what we have come to think of as anti-social behaviour, drawing on the work of Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud and Robert Merton amongst  others. She examines the risk and protective factors related to aberrant behaviour, focusing primarily on the social roots but also considering biological factors. She also considers the role of new technologies and and social media concluding that the public and media perception of ASB often fail to match the evidence and the current levels of concern might be reasonably seen as a moral panic.  

This book will be an extremely useful resource across many disciplines,  not least criminal justice, social welfare, behavioural economics, psychology, sociology and anthropology as it provides a very good introduction to and explanation of what anti-social behaviour (ASB) is and, indeed, what it is not. 





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