...Karl Mason; Rosslyn Dray; Jane C. Healy; Joanna Wells Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider what safeguarding responses to discriminatory abuse and hate crime might learn from existing research on restorative justice and to drive practice development based on available evidence...

... injustice Safeguarding adults reviews Hate crime Mental health Older people Learning/intellectual disabilities Legal Discriminatory abuse is a safeguarding category defined in England’s Care and Support Statutory Guidance as “forms of harassment, slurs or similar treatment, because of race...

... the concurrent rise in the related phenomenon of disability hate crime reporting (9,208 police-recorded disability hate crimes in 2020/2021 in England and Wales, up 9% on the previous year and up 449% since 2012) (Allen and Zayed, 2021). As a result, there may be cause for concern if the low reporting rate...

...Jane C. Healy; Rosslyn Dray Purpose This paper aims to consider the relationship between disability hate crime and safeguarding adults. It critically considers whether safeguarding responses to disability hate crime have changed following the implementation of the Care Act 2014. Historically...

... within academic theorising around general hate crime and disability. Findings – Particular reference is made to the significance of the issue of vulnerability and how its interpretation might affect understanding of this phenomenon. Research limitations/implications – This is followed by some...

... susceptible, and proposes a provisional definition of “mate crime”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the author's own project work, and reviews the extant research literature on “disablist” hate crime to examine the extent to which so-called “mate crime” has been both explicitly...

...José Iparraguirre Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an econometric analysis of hate crime against older people based on data for England and Wales for 2010-2011 disaggregated by Crown Prosecution Service area – a geographical unit which is co-terminus with local authorities...

...Catherine Heard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inform readers about the Law Commission's review of hate crime offences and provide information on key stages. At the time of writing the review is at consultation stage and people are being invited to participate in this process. Design...

...Joanna Perry This article considers the experiences of people with learning difficulties as victims of hate crime. It considers how the Crime and Disorder Act and No Secrets can help identify and prevent hate crime, and examines an example of good practice designed to produce an effective response...