Disabled people's experiences of harassment and victimisation
A qualitative evidence review that explores evidence on disabled people’s lived experiences of harassment and victimisation in the UK.
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This research was commissioned under the previous government and therefore does not necessarily reflect the policies of the current government. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the government.
This report explores the evidence on disabled people’s lived experiences of harassment and victimisation.
It builds on the findings from the systematic evidence review conducted by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds, and Disability Rights UK.
The findings of this evidence review show that:
- disabled people experience hate crimes in a range of settings from public transport and educational settings to local neighbourhoods and over the internet
- disabled people face inadequate, offensive and inappropriate responses from the criminal justice system – this leads to a lack of confidence in reporting crime
- experiences and fear of violence, harassment or abuse are barriers to social inclusion – people change their behaviour, avoiding people, places and times associated with victimisation
- victim and survivor support was often lacking, inappropriate or insensitive to disabled women’s needs – little is known about those who remain in abusive relationships or who do not have contact with services
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