ABSTRACT
Such observations of the antecedents of, and developments in, criminology demonstrate its eclectic nature as an academic and applied discipline. It is
15.1 Introduction 425 15.2 What Is Social Policy? 426 15.3 Why Should Criminologists Be Interested in Social Policy? 427
15.3.1 Crime and Social Policy O en Impact the Same People 427 15.3.2 Crime, Inequality, and Social Policy 429 15.3.3 Explaining Connections between Crime and
Social Phenomena 429 15.3.4 Penalism and Welfarism: Class Con gurations and
Economic Concerns 431 15.3.5 Social Policy, Moral Malaise, and Crime 432
15.4 Crime and Income Maintenance Policy 432 15.4.1 Maintaining Income and Enforcing Punishment 437
15.4.1.1 Deducting Fines from Social Security Bene ts 437 15.4.1.2 Community Punishments and
Social Security Policy 438 15.5 Housing Policy and Antisocial Behavior 440
15.5.1 Tenancies and Antisocial Behavior 441 15.5.2 Withdrawal of Housing Bene t 444
15.6 Criminalizing Social Policy? 446 Acknowledgments 448 References 449
interesting, however, that Garland does not mention social policy as one of the disciplines that is related to criminology, despite the fact that his other work [Garland, 1985, 2001] notes close relationships between welfare-oriented and crime-oriented concerns. Relationships between crime and social policy are the focus of this chapter.
