Responding to hate crime : the case for connecting policy and research / [electronic resource]
Chakraborti, Neil,editor.
Garland, Jon,1967-editor.
Bridging the gap between research and policy, this book provides new perspectives on the nature of hate crime victimisation and perpetration.
RESPONDING TO HATE CRIME; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the contributors; Introduction and overview; Signs of progress; Faultlines between scholarship and policy; About the book; Part One: Working together: developing shared perspectives; 1. The adventures of an accidental academic in 'policy-land': a personal reflection on bridging academia, policing and government in a hate crime context; Stephen Lawrence, Sir William Macpherson and an 'accidental' academic; Lessons learned from the 'two worlds' of criminology and policy making; Concluding comments
2. Academia from a practitioner's perspective: a reflection on the changes in the relationship between academia, policing and government in a hate crime contextIntroduction; The murder of Stephen Lawrence; 1999 - the year that everything began to change; The response in Staffordshire; Police leadership; Cross-Government Hate Crime Programme; Academia and the links to central policy; Defining hate crime; Integration of academics into the policy process; Conclusion; 3. Reshaping hate crime policy and practice: lessons from a grassroots campaign; Introduction; Conclusion
4. Not getting away with it: linking sex work and hate crime in MerseysideIntroduction; Sex worker victimisation: under-reporting, criminalisation and safety; Connecting sex worker victimisation, 'othering' and hate crime; Development and key strands of Merseyside's sex work and hate crime approach; Sex worker and police views: perceived vulnerability and targeted victimisation; Conclusion; 5. Evidencing the case for 'hate crime'; Introduction; The hate crime evidence gap in international focus; International and national constructions of 'hate crime'
Towards a fuller international conceptualisation of hate crime: a role for academiaOSCE work on data collection guidance; Conclusions: ways forward in international conceptions of hate crime; Part Two: Researching key issues: emerging themes and challenges; 6. Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities to shape hate crime policy; Introduction; Recognising and responding to LGB&T hate crime; Collaborative approaches to reducing hate crime; Accountability in responding to victimisation; Conclusion: enhancing interaction
7. Using a 'layers of influence' model to understand the interaction of research, policy and practice in relation to disablist hate crimeIntroduction; A 'layers of influence model'; The model in action; Conclusion; 8. Responding to the needs of victims of Islamophobia; Introduction; Islamophobia and its impact on victims; Contemporary support services; Effectiveness of contemporary practices; Is there a silver lining?; 9. Controlling the new far right on the streets: policing the English Defence League  in policy and praxis; Introduction; Policing the EDL; How can the EDL best be policed?
Conclusion
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Bridging the gap between research and policy, this book provides new perspectives on the nature of hate crime victimisation and perpetration.
Hate crimes.
Hate crimes