An in-depth examination of the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty - Executive Summary. A research report for the Office for Disability Issues

In 2007 the Office for Disability Issues commissioned this seven-month study to examine the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (DED) in England. The research was conducted by teams from the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. The full report is available at www.officefordisability.gov.u

Transphobic hate crime and perceptions of the criminal justice system

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Submission to Inquiry on Transgender Equality: transphobic hate crime and perceptions of the criminal justice system

This report is based on findings from The Sussex Hate Crime Project (SHCP) currently being undertaken at the University of Sussex on the direct and indirect impacts of anti-LGBT1 hate crimes. This three year research project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and is led by Professor Rupert Brown (School of Psychology) and Dr Mark Walters (School of Law). This report will focus on the extent and nature of transphobic hate crime and the effects that this type of crime has on trans*2people’s attitudes towards criminal justice agencies and, more broadly the government, in relation to hate crime. The information presented here is a summary of some of the findings of the SHCP. All data presented in the report is original and is yet to be officially published. We hope to publish full details of our findings in 2016

An in-depth examination of the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England

This seven-month study examined the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (DED) in England. The DED, introduced through the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, applies to public authorities in England, Wales and Scotland

An In-Depth Examination of the Implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England: Report for the Office for Disability Issues

This seven-month study examined the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (DED) in England. The DED, introduced through the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, applies to public authorities in England, Wales and Scotland. The DED comprises a general duty and specific duties. The general duty requires public authorities to carry out their functions with due regard to the need to promote equality between disabled and non-disabled people. The specific duties require public authorities to publish a Disability Equality Scheme (DES) setting out how they intend to fulfil their general duty and specific duties. In addition, certain Secretaries of State must publish an overarching report for their policy sectors every three years. A Code of Practice1 to assist authorities with implementing the Duty was published by the then Disability Rights Commission

Understanding victim group responses to hate crime: shared identities, perceived similarity and intergroup emotions

Hate crimes against LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) individuals have been shown to indirectly impact other members of the community (e.g., Noelle, 2002). However, as the LGBT ‘community’ is a diverse grouping of individuals with various sexual and gender identities, we examined experimentally whether reactions were enhanced when participants shared specific sub-identities with the victim (N=126). Results indicate that, while sub-group identities may be important, they do not affect the reactions to anti-LGBT hate crimes above and beyond the superordinate LGBT identity. Instead, further correlational analyses revealed that perceived similarity to the targeted characteristic better explains the community impacts of hate crimes. We show that this similarity increases empathy for the victim which, in turn, heightens subsequent emotional reactions and related behavioural responses. The results show the utility of adding intra-group perceptions to Intergroup Emotions Theory (e.g., Mackie & Smith, 2015) to better understand the community impacts of hate crime

Actinobaculum schaalii: An Emerging Uropathogen?

A. schaalii is a rare uropathogen. We report urosepsis with Actinobaculum schaalii detected serendipitously in blood and urine culture in a 79-year-old with urinary tract obstruction. This paper illuminates the flaws in our current system in detecting A. schaalii and raises awareness among clinicians and laboratory teams

The QUIPPED Project: Exploring Relevance and Rigor of Action Research Using Established Principles and Criteria

This paper is the last in a series of three manuscripts published in the TQR journal over the past few years. This work is part of a larger program of research that has been carried out by a team of researchers detailing various aspects of a three year action research project carried out from 2005 and 2008. This particular paper addresses issues of quality in action research by critiquing our research against five interdependent principles and criteria raised in the literature specifically by Davison, Martinson and Kock which was published in 2004. Our action research project aimed to facilitate interprofessional education for health care learners in the Faculty of Health Sciences at a Canadian University

Findings from the Sussex hate crime project

In this short report we summarise some of our key findings from the quantitative surveys and experiments (with over 1400 respondents) and which are yet to be published. Some of the data below on police perceptions are aggregated into two areas: London (serviced by the Metropolitan Police Service) and all other areas in England and Wales. This allows for a comparison between the country’s largest city (and largest police service) with the rest of the countr