Stuart Waiton is a sociology and criminology lecturer at Abertay University and is author of Scared of the Kids: curfews crime and the regulation of young people  (2008) and The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour: Amoral Panics (Routledge, 2009). Stuart explores key themes like the modern forms of criminalisation in society, amoral panics and the over regulation of everyday life. Stuart is a columnist for the Glasgow Herald and a regular contributor on radio and television discussion programmes.