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Disability Hate Crime

Experiences of Everyday Hostility on Public Transport

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. David Wilkin

    1. Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  • Breaks new ground in the hate studies and disability research fields
  • Argues that negative transport experiences have wider social effects on the lives of disabled people
  • Discusses future policy directions and the legislation and training required to safeguard vulnerable passengers

Part of the book series: Palgrave Hate Studies (PAHS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Exploring Disability Hate Crime

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 1-17

  3. Revealing Incidents of Hate Crime on Public Transport: Working with Disabled People

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 19-34

  4. Everyday Experiences of Victimisation Against Disabled People

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 35-56

  5. The Victim: Lifestyle Impact and Change

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 57-64

  6. The Safeguarding of Passengers on UK Public Transport

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 65-84

  7. Disability Hate Crime: What Did We Already Know, What Is New?

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 85-109

  8. Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport: Conclusion and New Directions

    • David Wilkin
    Pages 111-129

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 131-132
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About this book

This book examines the experiences of disabled people on public transport to reveal the everyday abuses that many experience there, and the resilience that they need in order to conduct an ordinary life. This work represents an intertwining of personal journeys, with its author writing from first-hand experience, and now working as one of the leading researchers of disability hate crime (DHC) in the UK. DHC is an under-researched area and the findings in this book have implications beyond the public transport context. This book draws on a sample of 56 victim-participants and includes data drawn from public transport regulators, service operators and staff in the UK. 


Wilkin argues that established legislation needs to be recognised and implemented by regulatory and local authorities in order to reach equality objectives on public transport. Each chapter is clearly structured, accessibly written and includes key definitions which will speak to practitioners and academics with an interest in victimology, policing, social policy, gender studies, disability studies, migration studies, equality studies and religious studies. This book also examines how effectively authorities and service providers safeguard disabled people on UK public transport and reveals adaptive approaches to researching with disabled people.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    David Wilkin

About the author

David Wilkin is Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Leicester, UK. David spent over thirty years in various roles within the public transport sector and was one of a small group of Equality and Inclusion Trainers. David entered adult life unable to write a sentence having been too scared to attend school, but he is now a criminologist completing a PhD research project concerning other victims of DHC. 

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