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“We’re led by stupid people”: Exploring Trump’s use of denigrating and deprecating speech to promote hatred and violence
In response to a call for criminologists to consider the impact of former President Donald Trump’s presumed criminality, we analyze verbal-textual...
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Stirring Up Hatred Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech
This book critically examines the development of the ‘stirring up hatred’ offences which are currently found within the UK’s Public Order Act 1986....
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Gendered Violence Online: Hate Speech as an Intersection of Misogyny and Racism
Social media has been adopted by radical right populists and alt-right demagogues as a platform for circulating misogynous and racist hate speech and...
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The Enemy Hates Best? Toxicity in League of Legends and Its Content Moderation Implications
In recent decades, many sectors of our society have been digitized, and much of our life has moved to cyberspace, especially in terms of...
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Decoloniality and Deneoliberality: A Six-Point Toolkit
This final chapter shifts from questions of how hate speech has been regulated to how it should be regulated. It distils findings from throughout the...
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Introduction
The ‘stirring up hatred’ offences are hate speech provisions situated within the UK’s Public Order Act 1986. They are often discussed within broader...
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Hate Speech in Online Spaces
The ever-increasing centrality of the Internet, especially social media, in people’s everyday lives has led to heightened fears over the growth of...
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Being, Racialism, and Democracy
To understand why primordial tribal inclination is so prone to be incited, a phenomenological view of self helps. The writings of Heidegger and...
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Mainstreaming the Blackpill: Understanding the Incel Community on TikTok
Incels (involuntary celibates), a subgroup of the so called ‘manosphere,’ have become an increasing security concern for policymakers, researchers,...
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Punitive Governance and the Criminalization of Socioenvironmental, Anti-Austerity, and Anticorruption Mobilizations in Puerto Rico
This paper shows how the Puerto Rican government has used punitive governance to deal with three important reactions to the multilayered crisis...
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“The Powerful Play Goes on and You May Contribute a Verse…”: Reflecting on the Critical Pedagogy and Mentorship of Dr. Bruce A. Arrigo
Dr. Bruce A. Arrigo is a highly prolific, internationally acclaimed, and award winning researcher and scholar in the areas of sociology/criminology,...
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Protest policing and policing protesters: Litigation in the U.S. circuit courts of appeals
After the surge in political protests during the summer of 2020, protest rights have been thrust into the forefront of the nation’s consciousness....
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Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic
The growing dissension towards the political handling of COVID-19, widespread job losses, backlash to extended lockdowns, and hesitancy surrounding...
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When the Protectors Become the Aggressors: Police Brutality in South Africa
South Africa has been a democracy for almost 30 years. Prior to 1994, South Africa was globally renowned for its notorious system of segregation,...
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Hate Speech in Online Spaces
The ever-increasing centrality of the Internet, especially social media, in people’s everyday lives has led to heightened fears over the growth of...
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Communicating Consent in Schools and Online
Young women are retelling and resha** stories of sexual assault and consent through testimonial accounts in the online space. In the wake of the...
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Identitas per Fabulam: Joint Fantasising in the Construction of Criminal Group Identities
We investigate the role of joint fantasising in constructing criminal identities. By analysing joint fantasies that emerge from interactions among...
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The Three R’s—Reading, ’Riting, and Research
In this chapter, Sirrell unravels some of the myths around the value of academic reading and researching and more, to assist the reader in their...
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Community Relations and Policing: A Communication Accommodation Theory Perspective
Police worldwide face the ongoing challenge of forging positive and mutually beneficial relationships with the communities they serve. However, these...