Disability Hate Crimes

Does Anyone Really Hate Disabled People?
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-92870-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Disability hate crimes are a global problem. They are often violent and hyper-aggressive, with life-changing effects on victims, and they send consistent messages of intolerance and bigotry. This ground-breaking book shows that disability hate crimes do exist, that they have unique characteristics which distinguish them from other hate crimes, and that more effective policies and practices can and must be developed to respond and prevent them. With particular focus on the UK and USA's contrasting response to this issue, this book will help readers to define hate crimes as well as place them within their wider social context. It discusses the need for legislative recognition and essential improvements on the reporting of incidents and assistance for individual victims of these crimes, as well as the need to address the social exclusion of disabled people and the negative attitudes surrounding their condition.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherry, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Does Anyone Really Hate Disabled People?; Chapter 3 Disability Hate Crimes in the USA; Chapter 4 The United Kingdom Experience; Chapter 5 Responding to Disability Hate Crimes; Chapter 101 Afterword;

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Sherry is Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.