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Disability, Hate Crime and Violence

208 Pages

by Routledge

208 Pages

by Routledge

208 Pages

by Routledge

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This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its emergence on the policy agenda. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond conventional notions of hate crime to look at violences in their myriad forms as they are seen to impact upon disabled people’s lives.... Read more

Disability, Hate Crime and Violence Alan Roulstone & Hannah Mason-Bish Section 1: Conceptualising Disablist Hate Crime 1. Conceptual Issues in the Construction of Disability Hate Crime Hannah Mason-Bish 2. Vulnerable to Misinterpretation: Disabled People, ‘Vulnerability’, Hate Crime and the Fight for Legal Recognition Alan Roulstone & Kim Sadique 3. The Wrong War? Critically Examining the 'Fight Against Disability Hate Crime' Joanna Perry 4. Disability and the Continuum of Violence Andrea Hollomotz 5. Media Reporting and Disability Hate Crime Katharine Quarmby 6. International Perspectives on Disability Hate Crime Mark Sherry Section Two: Responses to Disablist Hate Crime 7. Disablist Violence in The U.S: Unacknowledged Hate Crime Jack Levin 8. Disabled Women and Domestic Violence: Increased Risk but Fewer Services Ravi K. Thiara & Gill Hague 9. Disability Hate Crime : A Campaign Perspective Anne Novis 10. A Case for Engagement: The Role of the UK Disability Hate Crime Network Stephen Brookes 11. Hate Crime or Mate Crime? Disablist Hostility, Contempt and Ridicule Pam Thomas 12. Making Disablist Hate Crime Visible: Addressing the Challenges of Improving Reporting Dr Chih Hoong Sin 13. Civil Courage, Civil Societies and Good Samaritans: A Response to Disablist Hate Crime Toby Brandon, Sarah Keyes & The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company, UK 14. After Disablist Hate Crime: Which Interventions Really Work to Resist Victimhood and Build Resilience with Survivor Susie Balderston.