De Gruyter European Handbook on Hate Crime - by Mark Walters & Imran Awan & Mika Hagerlid & Alexander Kondakov & Jennifer Schweppe Hardcover

Book Synopsis

The De Gruyter European Handbook on Hate Crime offers a comprehensive overview of key themes and the latest research on hate crime across Europe. Against a backdrop of growing political and legal tensions surrounding identity and rights, it provides a timely and authoritative contribution to the field of hate crime studies. With contributions from both leading scholars and early career researchers, it offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how hate manifests, is legislated against, and is contested across Europe. The book is divided into three parts: the first explores the historical and contemporary manifestations of hate across Europe, tracing how past prejudices continue to shape present day identity-based hostilities. The second examines legislative frameworks governing hate crime across European jurisdictions, while the third examines emerging challenges in tackling hate crime, including its ever evolving social, political, and economic drivers.

About the Author

Mark Austin Walters, Honorary Professor of Law, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Imran Awan, Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.

Mika Hagerlid, Associate Professor of Criminology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.

Alexander Kondakov, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Jennifer Schweppe, Professor of Law, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.