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Title Incivilities : regulating offensive behaviour / edited by Andrew von Hirsch and A.P. Simester
Published Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in penal theory and penal ethics
Studies in penal theory and penal ethics.
Contents Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Penal Offence in Question: Some Reference Points for Interdisciplinary Conversation; 2. How Offensive Can You Get?; 3. Disgust: Metaphysical and Empirical Speculations; 4. Penalising Offensive Behaviour: Constitutive and Mediating Principles; 5. Lega Regulation of Offence; 6. Crimes of Offence; 7. Regulating Offensive Conduct through Two-Step Prohibitions; 8. 'No Spitting': Regulations of Offensive Behaviour in England and Wales; 9. Social Capital, Trust and Offensive Behaviour
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 limitin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Nuisances -- England
Nuisances -- Wales
Nuisances -- England -- Congresses
Nuisances -- Wales -- Congresses
Criminal behavior -- England -- Congresses
Criminal behavior -- Wales -- Congresses
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Criminal behavior
Nuisances
Afwijkend gedrag.
Juridische aspecten.
England
Wales
Wales.
Engeland.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Simester, A. P
Von Hirsch, Andrew
ISBN 9781847312839
1847312837
9781472559968
1472559967