What Communities Want: Recognizing the Needs of Hate Crime Targets

The theme of the Third International Conference on Hate Studies, The Pursuit of Justice: Understanding Hatred, Confronting Intolerance, Eliminating Inequality, took me immediately to the subject matter of this article: Who is meant to be served by the subthemes of this conference, if not the targets...

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Main Author: Barbara Perry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gonzaga Library Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Hate Studies
Online Access:https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/101
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Summary:The theme of the Third International Conference on Hate Studies, The Pursuit of Justice: Understanding Hatred, Confronting Intolerance, Eliminating Inequality, took me immediately to the subject matter of this article: Who is meant to be served by the subthemes of this conference, if not the targets or potential targets of hate crime? An equally important set of questions would ask: What justice looks like from the perspectives of those individuals and groups? What do hate crime victims want, and what do they need? And, what do vulnerable communities want and need?
ISSN:2169-7442