Future developments for hate crime thinking: who, what and why?
Neil Chakraborti · Willan eBooks · 2017
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides a closer look at the groups of victims protected within existing hate crime policy frameworks. It explains how difficult and subjective a process it is to settle upon an acceptable threshold for deciding which forms of &s;othering&s; to outlaw through hate crime legislation. The book examines the challenges posed by verbal-textual hostility takes traditional hate crime thinking in new directions by showing how the use of forensic linguistics can help us to evaluate the possible harms of hate speech. It explores the potential of restorative justice in cases of hate crime. The book focuses on theoretical and empirical research to highlight ways in which restorative processes can be utilised in the context of hate crime, and highlights the limitations of solely punitive responses in repairing the harms suffered by victims and in challenging the prejudices of offenders.