Moslem Boushehrian

• PhD Sociology
• Post Graduate Researcher at University of Surrey

The police and the CPS work with a renowned definition of hate crime (CPS, 2021) that came to be as a result of a 1999 independent inquiry by Sir Ian MacPherson into Stephen Lawrence's murder (MacPherson, 1999) . The suggested definition highlighted the importance of the hate crime victims' experiences in a step that can be regarded as 'making vict...

this research takes on board the nature of positive education which is to support the students with their wellbeing as well as academic prospects. It will attempt to explore whether the current higher education system provides students with such services, how accessible and effective they are to students, and how effect and accessible they are from...

The CPS and the police in the UK work with a hate crime definition that heavily relies on victim and witness perception. This presentation succeeds a couple of findings from the study. It reflects on hate crimes in the workplace and how police procedures and human resource policies can become barriers to hate crime reporting. Additionally, what the...

In order to gather an insight into the targeted victimisation of alternative subcultures, in 2022 the Sophie Lancaster Foundation conducted a survey of the experiences of hate crime of those from alternative subcultural backgrounds. To help facilitate this, the Foundation recruited a panel made up of academic specialists and hate crime experts from...

Police, Third-party reporting centres, charities, helplines, and advocacy groups often deliver hate crime awareness courses aiming to increase tolerance, acknowledgment of human rights, raising empathy, and preventing prejudice. On the other hand, courts often assign low-level hate crime offenders to rehabilitative courses run by the private secto...

Students in higher education enter the university life with certain expectations, skill levels, and life experiences. They come from a variety of background including cultural differences. Research has highlighted many underlying factors of developing wellbeing difficulties within the higher education. However, it is less explored that to which ext...

International students stay in the UK for their education from as short as 6 month and as long as 4 years or more. They are often completely alien to the ongoing social issues, sensitivities, support systems, and the legislation. Coming from various backgrounds, they differ in language, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. However, hate crime awar...

Ethnicity is a social construct that categorises people into groups based on shared cultural, historical, linguistic, or ancestral traits. It is a complex concept encompassing various factors, including language, religion, traditions, customs, and heritage. Ethnicity can play a significant role in shaping individuals' identity and sense of belongin...

The Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has adopted a definition for identifying hate crimes that heavily rely on the victim and witnesses' perception. This brings the topic of perception to the heart of the hate crime discourse. It is of particular importance to the anti-hate measures that are educational-based and focus on raising awar...

There is an argument that it is not clear whether all the victims of hate crime would have the same feelings, perception, responses, and attitudes towards hate crime. Therefore, including the perception of victims in hate crime recording procedure might miss many hate crimes that their victims or witnesses fail to identify them as such. Furthermor...