Hate Crime: Impact, Causes and Responses

211 Pages·2015·1.458 MB·English

by  Neil Chakraborti, Jon Garland

Hate Crime
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Racist Hate Crime
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crime
hate
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contents
List of tables and case studies xi
List of Statutes xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
1 Understanding Hate Crime 1
Chapter summary 1
Introduction 1
Definitions of hate crime 3
Academic definitions 3
‘Official’ definitions 6
The legal framework 9
Core features 12
Conclusion 14
Guide to further reading 14
Links to online material 15
2 Racist Hate Crime 16
Chapter summary 16
Introduction 16
Racism in the UK 17
The scale and scope of racist hate crime 20
Legal protection from racist hate crime 24
Conclusion 27
Guide to further reading 28
Links to online material 29
3 Religiously Motivated Hate Crime 31
Chapter summary 31
Introduction 31
‘Faith-hate’ and existing legal protection 33
‘Faith-hate’ in action: anti-Muslim hate 36
‘Faith-hate’ in action: antisemitic hate 40
Conclusion 43