Fighting against hate: Dr Chih Hoong Sin asks how can we prevent and respond effectively to hate crime against people with learning disabilities?

Learning Disability Today

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 16-19

  Sin, Chih Hoong ^a  

^a Principal of the Office for Public Management (OPM)   (United Kingdom)

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