ABSTRACT
In this chapter we explore the ways in which social policies in the domain of housing and welfare were radically altered by the British “New Right” administrations. We ask to what extent did these developments circuitously leave people at greater risk of crime and victimisation? Our results point to a set of long-term “period effects” in which those reliant on social housing and the welfare state at specific time-points in the 1980s and 1990s were more likely to be drawn into the criminal justice system in adulthood (circa 2000). The chapter considers (i) how the British “New Right” agenda may have had unintended, but lasting consequences for some individuals and (ii) the interplay between micro and macro criminological analysis.
