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Does familiarity breed contempt? A conceptual and theoretical analysis of 'mate crime'
- Author:
- DOHERTY Gerard
- Publisher:
- Howard League for Penal Reform
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
In this article for the Howard League for Penal Reform based on his 2013 John Sunley Prize winning masters dissertation, the author critically assesses the usefulness of the concept of ‘mate crime’, as a means of understanding offending behaviour against disabled people. The phenomenon of ‘mate crime’ occurs when crimes are committed against disabled people by those they consider to be their friends. The research found that familiarity was not a bar to hate crime offending, and that the concept of ‘mate crime’ is of significance in understanding the nature of targeted violence against disabled people. Includes are brief details of the nine unlawful killings which were subject to case analysis, eight of which led to convictions of murder for at least one of the perpetrators involved and one led to convictions of manslaughter. (Original abstract)