Re-imagining Hate Crime

Ben Colliver is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University, UK. His research interests include hate crime, queer studies, gender and sexuality. He is a member of the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network and his most recent project focuses on ‘everyday’ and ‘mundane’ incidents of discrimination and hate crime targeting transgender and non-binary communities, with a specific interest in online interactions.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Defining, Framing and Conceptualising Transphobic Hate Crime.- 3. Conceptualising ‘Micro-Crimes’.- 4. Deconstructing Hierarchies of Hate.- 5. Space, Place and Exclusion.- 6. The Role of (In)Visibility in Hate Crime Victimisation.- 7. Concluding Thoughts.