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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Incivilities: Regulating Offensive Behaviour by Edited by Andrew Simester Edited by Andrew von Hirsch Contributions by Elizabeth Burney Contributions by A. E. Bottoms Contributions by Antony Duff Contributions by Tatjana Hoernle Contributions
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.show more