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This chapter begins by uncovering the profile of hate crime perpetrators in relation to the characteristics of age, gender and ethnicity, and by teasing out the varying patterns which emerge within the context of different forms and strands of hate crime. It also provides new insights into the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator(s) and by doing so, it challenges the prevailing assumption that hate crimes are committed by people who are qualitatively different from the ‘rest of us’: hate-fuelled strangers. This chapter also offers a contextual analysis of the environmental, situational and socio-economic factors which are proven to be especially relevant to the process of hate crime perpetration.
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Hardy, SJ., Chakraborti, N. (2020). Everyday Contexts . In: Blood, Threats and Fears. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31997-7_7
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