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This chapter details the UK response to hate crime following the change in government from 2010. The chapter addresses continuing social and political unrest within Britain, including the 2011 Riots, the 2016 referendum campaign to leave the European Union and continuing terrorist threats experienced on British soil and internationally.
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Laverick, W., Joyce, P. (2019). The Response to Hate Crime: From 2010—Brexit. In: Racial and Religious Hate Crime. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21317-6_8
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