Vile Words

Why Outlaw Hate Speech as Hate Crime?
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0723-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Despite the widespread belief that freedom of speech is a fundamental right in Western liberal democracies, many criminal prosecutions take place each year because of things ordinary people say in public places or on social media. Until now, this widespread criminalisation of everyday discourse has largely escaped scrutiny.
Written by a leading expert on hate crime, this topical book highlights the extent to which people are punished for uttering ‘vile words’. The book examines the justification for verbally-expressed bigotry being criminalised through the courts as hate crime and proposes an evidence-based ‘red line’ focusing on the harmful impact of such speech.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iganski, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Everyday Hate Speech;
Outlawing Vile Words: A Harms-Based Approach;
Red Lines For Criminalising Vile Words;
Countering Vile Words.

Über Autor(innen)

Iganski, Paul
Paul Iganski is Emeritus Professor of Criminology