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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785797203321

Titolo

Disability, hate crime and violence / / edited by Alan Roulstone and Hannah Mason-Bish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-24994-X

1-283-58708-4

9786613899538

0-203-10446-3

1-136-24995-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in disability studies

Altri autori (Persone)

RoulstoneAlan <1962->

Mason-BishHannah

Disciplina

362.4

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Crimes against - Great Britain

People with disabilities - Violence against - Great Britain

Hate crimes - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Conceptualising disablist hate crime -- pt. 2.Responses to disablist hate crime.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its emergence on the policy agenda. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond conventional notions of hate crime to look at violences in their myriad forms as they are seen to impact upon disabled people's lives. Despite a raft of relevant policy and legislation, few have attempted to draw together research on the disabled as victims of hate crime and violence. This innovative volume conceptualizes issues