Incivilities Regulating Offensive Behaviour
Prohibitions against offensive conduct have existed for many years, but their extent and use was on the decline. Recently, however, several jurisdictions, including England and Wales, have moved to broaden the reach and severity of measures against incivilities. New measures include expanded targeti...
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Format | eBook |
Language | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
2006
Hart Publishing Ltd Bloomsbury Publishing Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Hart Publishing Limited Hart Publishing |
Edition | 1 |
Series | Studies in penal theory and penal ethics |
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Summary: | Prohibitions against offensive conduct have existed for many years, but their extent and use was on the decline. Recently, however, several jurisdictions, including England and Wales, have moved to broaden the reach and severity of measures against incivilities. New measures include expanded targeting of unpopular forms of public conduct, such as begging, and legislation authorising magistrates to issue prohibitory orders against anti-social behaviour. Because these quality-of-life prohibitions can be so restrictive of personal liberties, it is essential to develop adequate guiding and limiting principles concerning State intervention in this area. This book addresses the legal regulation of offensive behaviour. Topics include: the nature of offensiveness; the grounds and permissible scope of criminal prohibitions against offensive behaviour; the legitimacy of civil orders against incivilities; and identifying the social trends that have generated current political interest in preventing incivilities through intervention of law. These questions are addressed by eleven distinguished philosophers, criminal law theorists, criminologists, and sociologists. In an area that has attracted much public comment but little theoretical analysis to date, these essays develop a fuller conceptual framework for debating questions about the legal regulation of offensive behaviour. |
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Bibliography: | criminalLaw; txt SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7 |
ISBN: | 1472559967 9781472559968 9781841134994 1841134996 9781847312839 1847312837 |
DOI: | 10.5040/9781472559968 |