University of Leicester, UK.
Liverpool Hope University, UK.
J Interpers Violence. 2024 Sep;39(17-18):3821-3828. doi: 10.1177/08862605241260015.
Hate crime has become an increasingly familiar term within global scholarship, with advancements in conceptual understanding and empirical knowledge helping to generate improved policy responses across many parts of the world. However, the continued demonization of 'other' identities, the escalating volume of hate incidents worldwide and the prevailing climate of rising tensions, decreasing resources and political de-prioritization all suggest that many urgent challenges remain. Contributors to this special issue have dismantled common stereotypes and misperceptions which hamper our collective capacity to address contemporary expressions of hate and violence. In doing so, they draw from their research evidence to identify "hidden" challenges which should be at the forefront of attempts to address the causes, effects, and prevention of all forms of violence. This call for reconfiguration is the unifying theme which runs through each article, and which paves the way for more nuanced analyses that offer new frameworks for responding to the diverse and changing patterns of violence. These are challenges which straddle disciplinary boundaries, geographical borders, and the physical/digital world, and which demand the international, intersectional, and interdisciplinary perspectives evident within this special issue.
仇恨犯罪在全球学术领域已成为一个日益熟悉的术语，概念理解和实证知识的进步有助于在世界许多地方产生改进的政策反应。然而，对“他者”身份的持续妖魔化、全球仇恨事件数量的不断增加以及紧张局势上升、资源减少和政治优先事项下降的普遍趋势，都表明仍存在许多紧迫的挑战。本期特刊的撰稿人打破了常见的刻板印象和误解，这些刻板印象和误解阻碍了我们集体应对仇恨和暴力的当代表现的能力。在这样做的过程中，他们从研究证据中确定了“隐藏”的挑战，这些挑战应该成为解决所有形式暴力的原因、影响和预防的首要任务。这种重新配置的呼吁是贯穿每一篇文章的统一主题，并为更细致入微的分析铺平了道路，这些分析为应对不断变化的暴力模式提供了新的框架。这些挑战跨越了学科界限、地理边界以及物理/数字世界，需要本期特刊中体现的国际、交叉和跨学科视角。
