Scapegoat : how we are failing disabled people /
Quarmby, Katharine.
Scapegoat : how we are failing disabled people / Katharine Quarmby. - 280 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-271) and index.
The scapegoating of Kevin Davies -- The Greek and Roman legacy -- Sin, disability and witch-hunting -- The Industrial Revolution, asylums, and freak shows -- No better than poison : the eugenics movement and the Holocaust -- Scandalous institutions -- Brave new world? -- The terroring of Raymond Atherton : freedom's betrayal -- Steven Hoskin and the case of the invisible crime -- Brent Martin and the tipping point that never was -- The humiliation of Christine Lakinski : women and children first -- The hounding of Fiona Pilkington : the hidden victims of hate crime -- Multi-agency chaos : Michael Gilbert and the failure of safeguarding -- Mate crime : the importance of friendship -- Motivations -- Locations -- Leading the world? -- Not them but us : society's challenge -- Ways forward.
A ground-breaking portrait of the way our society treats some of its most disadvantaged members, Quarmby's book is the first to examine the roots of our uncomfortable and often hostile attitudes towards disabled people, and to argue for greater official recognition of these crimes as hate crimes.
9781846273216 (pbk.)
2011459068
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Servicios para personas con discapacidades--Gran Bretaña .
Personas con discapacidades--Cuidados médicos--Gran Bretaña.
Trabajo social con personas con discapacidades--Gran Bretaña.
Personas con discapacidades--Condiciones sociales.
Derechos humanos.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.--Great Britain
People with disabilities--History.--Great Britain
People with disabilities--Abuse of--Great Britain.
HV 3024 / Q1s 2011
362.40941
Scapegoat : how we are failing disabled people / Katharine Quarmby. - 280 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-271) and index.
The scapegoating of Kevin Davies -- The Greek and Roman legacy -- Sin, disability and witch-hunting -- The Industrial Revolution, asylums, and freak shows -- No better than poison : the eugenics movement and the Holocaust -- Scandalous institutions -- Brave new world? -- The terroring of Raymond Atherton : freedom's betrayal -- Steven Hoskin and the case of the invisible crime -- Brent Martin and the tipping point that never was -- The humiliation of Christine Lakinski : women and children first -- The hounding of Fiona Pilkington : the hidden victims of hate crime -- Multi-agency chaos : Michael Gilbert and the failure of safeguarding -- Mate crime : the importance of friendship -- Motivations -- Locations -- Leading the world? -- Not them but us : society's challenge -- Ways forward.
A ground-breaking portrait of the way our society treats some of its most disadvantaged members, Quarmby's book is the first to examine the roots of our uncomfortable and often hostile attitudes towards disabled people, and to argue for greater official recognition of these crimes as hate crimes.
9781846273216 (pbk.)
2011459068
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Servicios para personas con discapacidades--Gran Bretaña .
Personas con discapacidades--Cuidados médicos--Gran Bretaña.
Trabajo social con personas con discapacidades--Gran Bretaña.
Personas con discapacidades--Condiciones sociales.
Derechos humanos.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.--Great Britain
People with disabilities--History.--Great Britain
People with disabilities--Abuse of--Great Britain.
HV 3024 / Q1s 2011
362.40941