Reconceptualizing hate crime victimization through the lens of vulnerability and ‘difference’

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-514

  Chakraborti, Neil ^a   Garland, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hate crime; identity; victimization; vulnerability; Difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869998280     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480612439432     Document Type: Article

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