'Hate Crime' and the City

The impression conveyed by the media about hate crime offenders is that they are hate-fuelled individuals who, in acting out their bigoted views, target their victims in premeditated violent attacks. This book widens understanding of hate crime by showing that offenders are ordinary people who offend in the context of their everyday lives.

It adds a new dimension to the debate about criminalising hate in light of concerns about the rise of punitive and expressive justice, scrutinizing the balance struck by hate crime laws between the rights of offenders and the rights of victims.

A victim-centred approach to conceptualising 'hate crime'
The normality of everyday 'hate crime'
The spatial dynamics of everyday 'hate crime'
Tensions in liberalism and the criminalisation of 'hate'
Including victims of 'hate crime' in the criminal justice policy process
Conclusions: understanding everyday 'hate crime'.