Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are used by local authorities in England and Wales to prohibit and/or require specific behaviours in geographically restricted areas. These provisions, intro...

Thrilled to share this new open access paper, co-authored with Vicky Heap, Sheffield Hallam University.

🚗 Using Public Spaces Protection Orders to put the brakes on car cruising

doi.org/10.1080/1043...

Huge thanks to Policing & Society

#Policing #Hoon #Civilorder

All printed and ready to be launched at #ASB11 next month!

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Speaking at Public Policy Exchange’s ‘Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour’ event on April 29th – discussing PSPOs and the impact of the Crime and Policing Bill.

Looking forward to the conversation!

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Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state - Alex Black, Vicky Heap, 2025 This article explores preventive justice through the use of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs), a civil measure used to tackle anti-social behaviour in Englan...

NEW! Check out Alex Black and @drvickyheap.bsky.social's new article for #TheoreticalCrim, 'Community Protection Warnings and the practices of the preventive state.' Now available #openaccess in #OnlineFirst: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is brilliant, thanks for sharing 😊

Great to see you too! All is pretty good thanks, hope the same with you

Some thoughts on the "strengthening" of ASB powers in the Crime and Policing Bill:

Finally got round to migrating over here, did I miss anything?!