Police readiness for tackling hate crime against people with learning disabilities-Areas for improvement and examples of good practice

Safer Communities

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Sin, Chih Hoong ^a   Sheikh, Sanah ^a   Khanna, Mohini ^a  

^a Office for Public Management (OPM)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hate crime; Learning disabilities; People with learning disabilities; Police services; Policing; Reporting; Social isolation; Social problems; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863846756     PISSN: 17578043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17578041211244058     Document Type: Article

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