Hate Crime' and the City [electronic resource].
Iganski, Dr Paul.
Bristol : Policy Press,
2008.
This book widens our understanding of hate crime by demonstrating that many offenders are ordinary people who offend in the context of their everyday lives.
Description based upon print version of record.
'Hate crime' and the city; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1. A victim-centred approach to conceptualising 'hate crime'; 2. The normality of everyday 'hate crime'; 3. The spatial dynamics of everyday 'hate crime'; 4. Tensions in liberalism and the criminalisation of 'hate'; 5. Including victims of 'hate crime' in the criminal justice policy process; 6. Conclusions: understanding everyday 'hate crime'; Appendix A. The UK's 'hate crime' laws; Appendix B. The process of 'hate crime'
Appendix C. Controversy about the extent of the anti-Muslim backlash following the July 2005 London bombingsAppendix D. Ethnic group composition of the London boroughs (2001 Census); Appendix E. Black and Asian minority ethnic (BME) group population proportions and diversity scores for the London boroughs (1991 and 2001); Appendix F. Methodology of the evaluation of the London-wide Race Hate Crime Forum; References; Index
This book widens our understanding of hate crime by demonstrating that many offenders are ordinary people who offend in the context of their everyday lives.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-152) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Criminal psychology.
Hate crimes.
Hate crimes
Criminal psychology
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency