Overview
- 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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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.
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.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disability Hate Crime
Book Subtitle: Experiences of Everyday Hostility on Public Transport
Authors: David Wilkin
Series Title: Palgrave Hate Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28726-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28725-2Published: 19 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28726-9Published: 10 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-6364
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6372
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 132
Topics: Hate Studies, Victimology, Policing, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Disability Studies, Crime and Society