Full Description
Hate crime is a particularly pernicious form of criminal behaviour that has significant impacts upon victims, their families and wider communities. In this substantially revised and updated edition the book examines the nature, extent and harms of hate crime, and the effectiveness of criminal justice responses to it. It covers racist, religiously motivated, homophobic, disablist and transphobic hate crime, as well as other forms of targeted victimisation such as gendered hostility, elder abuse, attacks upon alternative subcultures and violence against sex workers and the homeless. The book also assesses the complexities and controversies surrounding hate crime legislation and policy-making, as well as the continuing challenges associated with the policing of hate.
The second edition features expanded discussions of international perspectives and contemporary topics such as online hate and cyberbullying, as well as numerous case studies covering issues such as lone wolf extremists, Islamophobia, asylum seekers and the far right. The book contains a range of links to online material that accompany the extensive lists of further reading in each chapter.
Contents
Chapter One: Understanding Hate Crime
Chapter Two: Racist Hate Crime
Chapter Three: Religiously Motivated Hate Crime
Chapter Four: Homophobic Hate Crime
Chapter Five: Transphobic Hate Crime
Chapter Six: Disablist Hate Crime
Chapter Seven: Vulnerability, 'Difference' and Gendered Violence
Chapter Eight: Perpetrators of Hate Crime
Chapter Nine: Responding to Hate Crime
Chapter Ten: International Perspectives on Hate Crime
Chapter Eleven: Conclusions and Future Directions
