Working with hate crime offenders
| Published date | 01 December 2017 |
| Author | David Smith,Jeannie Felsinger,Carmen-Maria Fyfe |
| Date | 01 December 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0264550517728786 |
| Subject Matter | Practice note |
Practice note
Working with
hate crime offenders:
The ADAPT programme
Jeannie Felsinger
Grampian Regional Equality Council, UK
Carmen-Maria Fyfe
Robert Gordon University, UK
David Smith
Lancaster University, UK
Abstract
This paper discusses the experience of the ADAPT programme for perpetrators of
racially motivated offences. It argues that lessons can be drawn from the content of the
programme and its evaluation that are particularly relevant in a context in which
xenophobic resentment has acquired an air of political legitimacy, following the EU
referendum in Britain and the electionof Donald Trump. The paper suggests the kindsof
evaluation of such programmes which may be helpful, and that the current political
context may requirepractitioners not only to workwith the immediate issues of offending
but to become involved more broadly in educational and political interventions.
Keywords
racism, hate crime, emotion, cognition, evaluation
Introduction and context
Apart from continuing interest and support for research from the Equality and
Human Rights Commission (Walters et al., 2016), there has been little scholarly
Corresponding Author:
David Smith, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Bowland North, Bailrigg, Lancaster,
LA1 4YT, UK.
Email: d.b.smith@lancaster.ac.uk
Probation Journal
2017, Vol. 64(4) 413–421
ªThe Author(s) 2017
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