The Centre for Hate Studies

26/09/2022

Just a reminder that this year’s Annual Scarman Lecture 2022 entitled “Preventing equal participation. How the government’s Prevent strategy undermines democracy.” will take place on Wednesday 28 September 2022 from 17:00 via Teams Live. To get your free ticket please click below:

Scarman lecture 2022: Preventing equal participation. How the government’s Prevent strategy undermines democracy.

10/06/2022

For the first time ever, victims, academics, support organisations and elements of the criminal justice system will meet to discuss the impact of disability hate crime at the world's first Disability Hate Crime conference, here at the University of Leicester and online.

👉https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/disability-hate-crime

11/01/2022

Why not join the Violence Reduction Information Network Team's next webinar which is taking place tomorrow from 16:00 on “The evaluation jungle. How should we be evaluating interventions to reduce public place violence?”. For your free ticket click below:

In this session we turn to thinking about the efficacy of interventions designed to reduce public place violence.

03/11/2021

15/10/2021

How can we support the victims of hate crime? Why do these attacks happen, and what forms do they take? Professor Neil Chakraborti explores the issues.

👉 https://citizen.le.ac.uk/podcast/harms-of-hate-the-trauma-of-being-different/ 👈

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12/10/2021

Dr Amy Clarke, Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies, addresses how this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week gives us an opportunity to acknowledge and respond to a crisis of social relations.

👉 https://citizen.le.ac.uk/blog/crisis-social-relations/ 👈

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17/09/2021

Why not join us for this year’s Annual Scarman Lecture 2021 entitled “Drugs & the Criminal Justice System in the UK”? It will take place on Wednesday 29 September 2021 from 17:00 via Teams. To get your free ticket please click below:

This year’s Scarman Lecture is an opportunity to discuss Drugs and Criminal Justice in the UK in 2021 with the experts.

18/12/2020

Everyone within the Centre for Hate Studies wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

09/12/2020

Listen to interview hosted by Professor Neil Chakraborti about the 10-year anniversary of Fiona Pilkington’s and her disabled daughter’s death after being tormented by youths. Trigger Warning https://youtube.com/watch?v=s0Li8Rt-VRk

Professor Neil Chakraborti from the University of Leicester's Department of Criminology comments on how authorities share information on disability hate crime.

07/12/2020

New research from a carers organisation finds less than 2% of disability hate crime lead to charge or summons:

Less than 2% of disability hate crimes in England and Wales result in a criminal charge, charities have found. Research by Leonard Cheshire and United Response found that 7,333 such