The arguments raised by each of the contributors to the volume are both complex and fascinating...The arguments contained in this volume are varied, complex and intriguing. Therefore it will be useful to any academic wishing to give depth to discussions around anti-social behaviour, marginalisation, and power relations. It is relevant to the discussions about crime and deviance in a variety of contexts such as youth crime and human rights.

Fiona Hutton, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Volume 19 Number 2

The volume has many strengths and potential applications…In a period characterized by a proliferation of arbitrary apparatuses such as preventive detention and immigration detention schemes, Incivilities is important in helping to make sense of the degree to which the coercive, ordering and stigmatizing powers of the late-modern state have recently expanded and exceeded the traditional boundaries of the criminal justice system.

Justin Piche, Canadian Journal of Law and Society

...this timely collection, in particular the interdisciplinary approach it fosters, has much to commend it...an immensely rich and varied text, bringing disparate perspectives to bear upon the hyperactive ASB management industry of our time.

Peter Squires, New Criminal Law Review, 11(2)

…the wide-ranging discussion found in the ten contributions is of great interest to Canadian jurists in general…

Gilles Renaud, Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol 52

…challenging and thoughtful collection of essays.

David Bowes, Thames View, No. 336

In this very stimulating, challenging book, the arguments about offensive behaviour are lifted above the mundane policy level, and its breath of scope will appeal to an international readership...the book will continue to provide a valuable reference point for debates around incivilities for some time to come.

Sarah Blandy, The Howard Journal, Vol 47, No 5