About Criminologists: Hate crimes and why people commit them

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This episode is something of a gear change from our usual, as Joe and Tom meet Matt, who is a criminologist. Matt specialises in hate crimes, having been a victim of a homophobic attack in his youth. We talk about how extreme prejudices form, how the brain processes threat and how a criminal’s upbringing can explain a lot about their crimes. There are some pretty shocking statistics about how many hate crimes are recorded each year, and also a wonderful story about Mo Salah.

You can buy Matthew’s book, 'The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it’ here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Hate-prejudice-becomes-hate/dp/0571357075/

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