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Barker, Kim and Jurasz, Olga (2022). Violence Against Women, Hate and Law: Perspectives from Contemporary Scotland. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99375-7
Abstract
This book presents the first academic study offering a holistic assessment of violence against women (VAW) in Scotland, both online and offline. In particular, it focuses on VAW, hate crime, and online forms of violence against women (OVAW). It critically assesses the gaps in the hate crime protections in Scots Law, focusing specifically on the absence of legal protections for VAW, OVAW, hate crime, and gender-based violence, and it includes international comparisons throughout. Given the current upsurge in the abuse of women, this book offers a holistic assessment of the phenomenon of VAW and makes the case for pressing law reform in Scotland, specifically for legal protections against VAW and OVAW to be included within Scots Law. The book contains not only research findings but also makes practical recommendations for law and policy reform in the areas of hate crime, VAW and OVAW. As such, it contributes to Scotland’s progressive and leading approach to tackling violence against women and girls.
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- Item ORO ID
- 85553
- Item Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 3-030-99374-4, 978-3-030-99374-0
- Keywords
- law; law and technology; gender and law; hate studies; online hate; violence against women; gender-based violence; online misogyny; Reforming Hate Crime; criminal law
- Academic Unit or School
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Other Departments > Other Departments
Other Departments
Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Law
Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) - Research Group
- observ@w Online Violence Against Women Observatory
- Copyright Holders
- © 2022 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- Depositing User
- Olga Jurasz