Safer Communities: Volume 8 Issue 4
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A journal on crime, crime prevention and community safetyTable of contents
At the intersection: hate crime policy and practice in England and Wales
Joanna PerryThis article argues that while the hate crime model has accelerated criminal justice agencies' understanding of the importance of the victim‐centred approach to investigating and…
Scotland's approach to hate crime law
Tim HopkinsHate crime law in Scotland is distinct. The law was extended to cover religious hate crime in 2003, and has been extended to cover disability, sexual orientation and transgender…
Disabled victims of targeted violence, harassment and abuse: barriers to reporting and seeking redress
Chih Sin, Nina Mguni, Chloe Cook, Natasha Comber, Annie HedgesThis article draws on findings from an extensive review of literature conducted as part of a wider project on disabled people's experience of violence, harassment and abuse. In…
Homophobic hate crime — findings from the Gay British Crime Survey 2008
Sam DickThere is a real paucity of evidence relating to homophobic hate crimes in Britain. This has hampered intelligence‐led approaches by the police and other criminal justice agencies…
Tackling violence against women — lessons for efforts to tackle other forms of targeted violence
Heather Barclay, Diane MulliganEfforts at tackling different forms of targeted violence may benefit from lessons generated from the longer‐standing work in tackling violence against women. These include the…
An agnostic view of ‘faith hate’ crime
Paul IganskiSo‐called ‘faith hate’, or religiously aggravated crime stands out starkly as being the uncharted territory in hate crime scholarship and policy research. When the evidence about…
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1757-8043Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Timi Osidipe