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Three The spatial dynamics of everyday ‘hate crime’
Abstract
This chapter shows that the geography of space and place clearly plays a role in generating encounters between offenders and victims. It therefore mediates between the background structural context of ‘hate crime’ and the foreground of offending and victimisation. The chapter presents a number of hypotheses concerning the spatial dynamics of ‘hate crime’ and explores their salience for understanding ‘hate crime’ in the city. It uses previously unpublished police data from London on ‘race-hate’ incidents to examine the geography of ‘hate crime’. In particular, it considers the spatial dynamics of victims' experiences of ‘hate crime’ using previously unpublished statistical data on incidents provided by London's Metropolitan Police Service. The chapter also discusses inter-group friction and ‘race-hate crime’, power differentials and ‘race-hate crime’, the ‘defended neighbourhoods hypothesis’, and the political economy of ‘hate crime’.
Abstract
This chapter shows that the geography of space and place clearly plays a role in generating encounters between offenders and victims. It therefore mediates between the background structural context of ‘hate crime’ and the foreground of offending and victimisation. The chapter presents a number of hypotheses concerning the spatial dynamics of ‘hate crime’ and explores their salience for understanding ‘hate crime’ in the city. It uses previously unpublished police data from London on ‘race-hate’ incidents to examine the geography of ‘hate crime’. In particular, it considers the spatial dynamics of victims' experiences of ‘hate crime’ using previously unpublished statistical data on incidents provided by London's Metropolitan Police Service. The chapter also discusses inter-group friction and ‘race-hate crime’, power differentials and ‘race-hate crime’, the ‘defended neighbourhoods hypothesis’, and the political economy of ‘hate crime’.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- A victim-centred approach to conceptualising ‘hate crime’ 1
- The normality of everyday ‘hate crime’ 23
- The spatial dynamics of everyday ‘hate crime’ 44
- Tensions in liberalism and the criminalisation of ‘hate’ 72
- Including victims of ‘hate crime’ in the criminal justice policy process 94
- Conclusions: understanding everyday ‘hate crime’ 114
- The UK’s ‘hate crime’ laws 126
- The process of ‘hate crime’ 130
- Controversy about the extent of the anti-Muslim backlash following the July 2005 London bombings 132
- Ethnic group composition of the London boroughs (2001 Census) 136
- Black and Asian minority ethnic (BME) group population proportions and diversity scores for the London boroughs (1991 and 2001) 138
- Methodology of the evaluation of the London-wide Race Hate Crime Forum 140
- References 142
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- A victim-centred approach to conceptualising ‘hate crime’ 1
- The normality of everyday ‘hate crime’ 23
- The spatial dynamics of everyday ‘hate crime’ 44
- Tensions in liberalism and the criminalisation of ‘hate’ 72
- Including victims of ‘hate crime’ in the criminal justice policy process 94
- Conclusions: understanding everyday ‘hate crime’ 114
- The UK’s ‘hate crime’ laws 126
- The process of ‘hate crime’ 130
- Controversy about the extent of the anti-Muslim backlash following the July 2005 London bombings 132
- Ethnic group composition of the London boroughs (2001 Census) 136
- Black and Asian minority ethnic (BME) group population proportions and diversity scores for the London boroughs (1991 and 2001) 138
- Methodology of the evaluation of the London-wide Race Hate Crime Forum 140
- References 142
