Designing hate crime reporting devices: an exploration of young LGBT+ people's report needs

PICKLES, James (2019). Designing hate crime reporting devices: an exploration of young LGBT+ people's report needs. Journal of LGBT Youth.

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Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2019.1685057

Abstract

This paper reports on an exploratory study, which gathered LGBT+ young people’s (aged 15–22) experiences and perceptions of hate crime. Two design-led workshops were conducted in the North East of England, with the aim of identifying the reporting needs of LGBT+ young people. Participants in the first workshop were asked what types of ‘hate’ scenarios they would report to the police. Participants in the second workshop were asked to design hate crime reporting devices. Young people were ambivalent about reporting their experiences to the police as their victimization was intimately tied to people they were connected with (parents, school peers, and acquaintances). They highlighted a variety of response needs when reporting victimization. This article argues that acts of bullying and acts of antiLGBT+ hate crime are symmetrical in their tangibility. LGBT+ youth victimization is currently framed, within scholarly discourse, as a bullying issue involving peer victimization. However, the criminological discourse on LGBT+ adult victimization is framed as hate crime. The data provided bridges this gap by conceptualizing youth victimization as a form of hate crime, an important contribution in recognizing the report needs of young LGBT+ people.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 1303 Specialist Studies in Education; Education
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2019.1685057
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2019 10:25
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2021 21:00
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25308

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