People with disabilities, including physical, learning and mental health disabilities, continue to face discrimination and hate crimes. This book introduces readers to what disability hate crimes are and what can be done to stop them. The book brings authors from a variety of disciplines together to explore the impact that these crimes have on victims, the ways that insights from other fields can inform the way we approach disability hate crimes and ultimately how to respond to these events. This book is unique in that is attempts to focus on the victim’s experience through out. Professionals from a variety of fields, including education, social care, and criminal justice, will find this book insightful. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)