Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for the cross posting.

I thought that the below information may be of use to those interested in the link between disability and crime.

 

Best wishes

Emma Leverton

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Free Access Available to Articles on Disability and Hate crime

Free access available until 23/04/2016

 

The Tizard Learning Disability Review has two articles available on free access until 23rd April:

“‘I felt I deserved it’ – experiences and implications of disability hate crime” - http://bit.ly/1RfRNTP  

Commentary on “‘I felt I deserved it’ – experiences and implications of disability hate crime”- http://bit.ly/1RyPZY6

The articles coincide with the Making Research Count presentation that two of the authors, Dr Jill Bradshaw & Lisa Richardson from The TIZARD Centre presented together at Kings College London. The presentation shared the result of their research on the experiences of hate crime and discrimination among people with learning disabilities and autism.

Their "Living in Fear" presentation is also available for download at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/scwru/events/LDseries/2016-info/21mar16.pdf

For more information on the Making Research Count series, visit Kings College London SCWRU: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/scwru/about/index.aspx