Hate crime has become an increasingly familiar term within global scholarship, with advancements in conceptual understanding and empirical knowledge helping to generate improved policy responses across many parts of the world. However, the continued demonization of 'other' identities, the escalating volume of hate incidents worldwide and the prevailing climate of rising tensions, decreasing resources and political de-prioritization all suggest that many urgent challenges remain. Contributors to this special issue have dismantled common stereotypes and misperceptions which hamper our collective capacity to address contemporary expressions of hate and violence. In doing so, they draw from their research evidence to identify “hidden” challenges which should be at the forefront of attempts to address the causes, effects, and prevention of all forms of violence. This call for reconfiguration is the unifying theme which runs through each article, and which paves the way for more nuanced analyses that offer new frameworks for responding to the diverse and changing patterns of violence. These are challenges which straddle disciplinary boundaries, geographical borders, and the physical/digital world, and which demand the international, intersectional, and interdisciplinary perspectives evident within this special issue.

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隐藏的仇恨、隐藏的暴力：消除神话并确定研究和政策的新挑战


仇恨犯罪已成为全球学术界日益熟悉的术语，概念理解和经验知识的进步有助于在世界许多地区产生更好的政策反应。然而，“其他”身份的持续妖魔化、世界范围内仇恨事件的不断增加以及紧张局势加剧、资源减少和政治优先地位降低的普遍气氛都表明，许多紧迫的挑战仍然存在。本期特刊的撰稿人消除了常见的成见和误解，这些成见和误解阻碍了我们解决当代仇恨和暴力表现形式的集体能力。在此过程中，他们从研究证据中找出“隐藏的”挑战，这些挑战应该成为解决各种形式暴力的原因、影响和预防的首要尝试。对重新配置的呼吁是贯穿每篇文章的统一主题，它为更细致的分析铺平了道路，为应对多样化和不断变化的暴力模式提供了新的框架。这些挑战跨越学科边界、地理边界和物理/数字世界，需要本特刊中显而易见的国际、交叉和跨学科视角。