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New directions in hate reporting research: agency, heterogeneity and relationality

Donovan, Catherine, Clayton, John and Macdonald, Stephen J (2018) New directions in hate reporting research: agency, heterogeneity and relationality. Sociological Research Online, 24 (2). pp. 185-202. ISSN 1360-7804

Item Type: Article

Abstract

The third party hate reporting project Arch, based in the North East of England, has one of the largest datasets on third party reporting of hate incidents/crime in the UK. Spanning a 10 year period from 2005, this dataset, though limited, provides a unique opportunity to trace the patterns of those reporting hate, based on ‘race’ and faith, sexuality and trans gender identity, and disability. Focussing on reports of hate, of perceived sexuality and/or transgender identities, the article considers the timing, location and nature of hate crimes/incidents reported, as well as some of the patterns in the repeat reporting data to suggest three features of those who are victimised by hate crime/incidents. First, they can be understood as agentic, indeed, of inhabiting transformative identities: not only do they challenge their perceived stigmatised identities by reporting their hate experiences, but by doing so they reframe the identities of those normals who enact hate as stigmatised. Second, they are heterogeneous, with multiple, intersecting identities, different experiences of hate and responses to them. Third we suggest that, by drawing on the parallels between domestic violence and hate, it might be more fruitful to think of those who report repeat victimisations, especially of apparently ‘low level’ experiences, as being caught up in hate relationships. In conclusion, a new agenda is suggested for hate research to include a focus on agency, heterogeneity and relationality.

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Depositing User: Barry Hall

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Item ID: 9904
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780418798848
ISSN: 1360-7804
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/9904
Official URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13607...

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ORCID for Stephen J Macdonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-9535

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Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2018 08:47
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2021 14:15

Contributors

Author: Stephen J Macdonald ORCID iD
Author: Catherine Donovan
Author: John Clayton

University Divisions

Faculty of Education and Society
Faculty of Education and Society > School of Social Sciences

Subjects

Social Sciences > Health and Social Care
Social Sciences > Sociology

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