When hate crime is mate crime
- Author:
- GRUDY David
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, November 2009, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Association for Real Change has started a three year, Department of Health funded project looking at the exploitation that some people who have a learning disability are subject to when they are befriended by people who go on to take advantage of them - or 'mate crime'. The Safety Net project will develop free tools and resources that can be used nationally to help people make friends and stay safe. This article provides a brief overview of the issues and introduces the aims of the project.
- Subject terms:
- learning disabilities, adult abuse, crime victims, friendship, harassment, hate crime;
- Content type:
- practice example
- Location(s):
- England
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN print:
- 1752-007X