Submission of Evidence to Scottish Government Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation on Online & Gender Based Hate

Citation

Barker K & Jurasz O (2017) Submission of Evidence to Scottish Government Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation on Online & Gender Based Hate [Bracadale Review Evidence on Online and Gender Based Hate]. University of Stirling.

Abstract
This submission responds to the Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislaiton in Scotland https://consult.gov.scot/hate-crime/independent-review-of-hate-crime-legislation/.  The evidence in this submission is exclusively focussed on consideration of online hate and, more specifically, suggests that online misogyny should be viewed as a form of online hate.  As such, this submission does not aim to answer all of the questions posed by the Review. Rather, the evidence presented here focuses on selected aspects of the consultation:  1) Online Hate Crime (Chapter 6), and  2) The Extension of the Law to Other Groups (Chapter 8).

Keywords
misogyny; social media; twitter; crime; abuse; law; gender; Internet; Internet Law; hate; gender-based violence

Notes
Submitted via email 20 November 2017

• Hate Crime Legislation Review (Barker & Jurasz).pdf