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Peterson, A. (2008). Who ‘Owns’ the Streets? Ritual Performances of Respect and Authority in Interactions Between Young Men and Police Officers. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 9(2), 97-118. doi:10.1080/14043850802450104
Erving Goffman, Impression management, Police codes of conduct, Police suppression, Reciprocal relations, Street cultures, Authority, respect, youth
Joining insights from the work of Richard Sennett and Erving Goffman, I probe the power relations which underlie the performances…
Read moreCrawford, A. (2009). Criminalizing Sociability through Anti-social Behaviour Legislation: Dispersal Powers, Young People and the Police. Youth Justice, 9(1), 5-26. doi:10.1177/1473225408101429
anti-social behaviour, dispersal orders, exclusion from public places, police youth relations, respect
This article explores the impact of dispersal powers introduced as part of the British government's drive to tackle anti-social behaviour.…
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