• Provides original analyses of the challenge of vulnerability in addressing disability hostility together with the non-recognition of disability hostility and ableism underpinning Disability Hate Crimes and a clear policy means of addressing this non-recognition.
• The melding of theory, research and practice issues in the analysis provides in turn for a unique blend of insights – theoretical, legislative, and policy-focused on Disability Hate Crime.
Table of Content
1. Introduction
2. Fifteen Cases of Disability Hate Crime
3. From Hate Crime to Disability Hate Crime
4. Agenda Triggering
5. Agenda Development
6. Towards Agenda Institutionalization?
7. Problem with the Current Agenda: The Focus on Vulnerability
8. An Agenda Item Yet to Fully Speak Its Name: Ableism and Disability Hate Crime
9. Conclusion
Appendix: Research Design and Methods
About the author
Seamus Taylor is Head of Department in Applied Social Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland and previously Director of Equality and Diversity at the Crown Prosecution Service (England and Wales) and prior to that Director of Strategy at the Commission for Racial Equality (Britain).
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