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Abstract
Official definitions of hate crime are viewed as overly narrow and unnecessarily exclusive. To enable more inclusive practices, many jurisdictions have embraced alternative terminologies such as bias crime, targeted crime and prejudice motivated crime. In this article, we examine how police agencies in Victoria, Australia, are grappling with incidents and responses to hate crime. Drawing on the accounts of high priority victim groups, we illustrate how victims and victim advocates make sense of new hate crime terminologies and whether these terminologies facilitate hate crime incident reporting. Our findings speak to the importance of shared understanding and vocabularies; however, police responses to prejudice motivated crime incidents and police interactions with victims remain a significant barrier to reporting behaviour.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 239 - 255 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | The British Journal of Criminology |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- hate crime
- bias crime
- prejudice
- policing
- victimization
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Targeted Crime: Policing and Social Inclusion
Pickering, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maher, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCulloch, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ballek, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Dickinson, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Mason, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Mazerolle, L. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Pope, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Sargent, L. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Wickes, R. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC), Police Department (Victoria) (trading as Victoria Police)
4/01/11 → 12/01/16
Project: Research