'Every time it happens, you question continuing as an officer': the experiences of police officers as victims of hate crime
Journal: Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository)
Year: 2018

• Purpose: This paper fills a research and literature gap by examining the nature and impact of hate crime victimisation on police officers, and their responses to it. The research explores victimisation due to the occupational stigma of policing and the personal characteristics and identities of individual officers.&#13;\n&#13;\n• Design/methodology/approach: The research design is qualitative, based on 20 in-depth interviews with police officers in one English police force. Thematic analysis w