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The disability bias: understanding the context of hate in comparison with other minority populations

Macdonald, Stephen J; Donovan, Catherine; Clayton, John

Authors

John Clayton



Abstract

During recent years ‘disability hate crime’ has become a major political and criminal justice concern due to a number of high-profile murders in the United Kingdom. The aim of this article is to compare disability-motivated hate crimes with other hate crimes motivated by homophobic or racist bias. This study employs a quantitative methodology utilising data collected by the ARCH hate crime recording system over a 10-year period (2005–2015). The data findings illustrate a number of variations concerning incidents reported by disabled people regarding violence and threatening behaviour, when compared with incidents motivated by race/faith or homophobic bias.

Citation

Macdonald, S. J., Donovan, C., & Clayton, J. (2017). The disability bias: understanding the context of hate in comparison with other minority populations. Disability and Society, 32(4), 483-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1304206

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 6, 2017
Online Publication Date Mar 29, 2017
Publication Date Mar 29, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 8, 2018
Journal Disability and Society
Print ISSN 0968-7599
Electronic ISSN 1360-0508
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 4
Pages 483-499
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1304206
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1312522
Related Public URLs https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/10631/
Other Repo URL https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/10631/