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What Is Hate Crime in the Context of Sex Work?

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This chapter sets out the hate crime literature, describing the development of the hate crime theoretical lens and the developments around concepts such as intersectionality and ‘perceived vulnerability’. We chart how the theoretical academic literature has contested definitions around who are hate crime groups, characteristics and identities. Within this contested space we discuss the relevance to sex workers and their experiences of targeted hostility. We do this in the context of evaluating the legal appropriateness in the UK and any possible changes that may happen in the future in terms of law reform and opening out of the current legal definitions.

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  2. School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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Campbell, R., Sanders, T. (2021). What Is Hate Crime in the Context of Sex Work?. In: Sex Work and Hate Crime. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86949-6_2

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