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The personal injuries of 'hate crime'

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Publication date2014
Host publicationThe Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime
EditorsNathan Hall, Abbee Corb, Paul Giannasi, John Grieve
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN (print)9780415818902
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

‘Hate crimes’ hurt more than similar, but otherwise motivated crimes. This has increasingly been acknowledged and understood by criminal justice agencies in a number of countries, by supra-national policy bodies and civil society organisations concerned with fundamental human rights, and by those in the civil and public sectors working to support victims of ‘hate crime’. A substantial body of evidence about the personal injuries of ‘hate crime’ has now accumulated to support the notion that ‘hate crimes hurt more’. This chapter extends the evidence base further by unfolding some new data on the physical, emotional, and behavioural injuries of ‘hate crime’. It also suggests that understanding the particular impacts of ‘hate crime’ can serve to inform appropriate and effective support for victims and inform the training of those working with victims.