University of Leicester film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (University of Leicester) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the British Society of Criminology.
Revisiting the Harms of Hate, features the voices of people typically considered as members of ‘hard-to-reach’ groups, or perhaps more pertinently ‘easy to ignore’. The film is a sequel to Harms of Hate which was released a decade earlier.
Four victims from very different backgrounds and walks of life share their experiences of hate and harassment and explore how they have been affected by the events of an extraordinary decade.
Hate crimes have escalated over the past ten years, with hostile attitudes, divisive politics, online toxicity and continued cuts to services all reinforcing the huge challenges facing those who are targeted simply because of who they are or what they look like.
The film identifies a series of steps that all of us can take to alleviate the harms of hate. In doing so, the film gives a voice to the 'voiceless' and highlights the crucial role that we all can play in making the world a kinder, less hostile place.
Revisiting the Harms of Hate, which has also recently won a Learning on Screen Award 2024, was produced by Professor Neil Chakraborti, Co-Director of the Centre for Hate Studies and Director of the Institute for Policy. It was made in partnership with the University of Leicester’s video team and supported by funding from the Leverhulme Trust.
The Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize is judged by the British Society of Criminology’s Hate Crime Network. It is awarded to exceptional work that makes a compelling contribution to knowledge, and celebrates excellence and innovation by members of the British Society of Criminology.
Learn more about the British Society of Criminology and the Hate Crime Network.
The award is named after Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered in 2007 on the basis of her alternative identity and perceived ‘difference’, and her mother, Sylvia, who set up the Sophie Lancaster Foundation following her daughter’s death.
Learn more about the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.
Receiving the award, Professor Neil Chakraborti said: “This award is a huge honour, not least because of the huge impact that Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster have had upon me both personally and professionally. Their legacy continues to inspire us to make a positive and lasting difference through our work at the Centre for Hate Studies and through our continued engagement with marginalised communities. As a criminologist, and as a long-standing member of the British Society of Criminology, it is particularly humbling to receive this award and I would like to pay thanks to the judging panel and to everyone involved in the production of this film”.
The judging panel said: “Revisiting the Harms of Hate is a very moving film that highlights, through the words of victims themselves, the devastating impact that hate crime can have.
“The film speaks to academic, practitioner and public audiences, and stands testament to the direction criminological research should be moving in, and the ways we can try and effect real world change. It fully deserves to win this year’s prize.”
Learn more about the Centre for Hate Studies at University of Leicester.
Revisiting the Harms of Hate, features the voices of people typically considered as members of ‘hard-to-reach’ groups, or perhaps more pertinently ‘easy to ignore’. The film is a sequel to Harms of Hate which was released a decade earlier.
Four victims from very different backgrounds and walks of life share their experiences of hate and harassment and explore how they have been affected by the events of an extraordinary decade.
Hate crimes have escalated over the past ten years, with hostile attitudes, divisive politics, online toxicity and continued cuts to services all reinforcing the huge challenges facing those who are targeted simply because of who they are or what they look like.
The film identifies a series of steps that all of us can take to alleviate the harms of hate. In doing so, the film gives a voice to the 'voiceless' and highlights the crucial role that we all can play in making the world a kinder, less hostile place.
Revisiting the Harms of Hate, which has also recently won a Learning on Screen Award 2024, was produced by Professor Neil Chakraborti, Co-Director of the Centre for Hate Studies and Director of the Institute for Policy. It was made in partnership with the University of Leicester’s video team and supported by funding from the Leverhulme Trust.
The Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize is judged by the British Society of Criminology’s Hate Crime Network. It is awarded to exceptional work that makes a compelling contribution to knowledge, and celebrates excellence and innovation by members of the British Society of Criminology.
Learn more about the British Society of Criminology and the Hate Crime Network.
The award is named after Sophie Lancaster, who was murdered in 2007 on the basis of her alternative identity and perceived ‘difference’, and her mother, Sylvia, who set up the Sophie Lancaster Foundation following her daughter’s death.
Learn more about the Sophie Lancaster Foundation.
Receiving the award, Professor Neil Chakraborti said: “This award is a huge honour, not least because of the huge impact that Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster have had upon me both personally and professionally. Their legacy continues to inspire us to make a positive and lasting difference through our work at the Centre for Hate Studies and through our continued engagement with marginalised communities. As a criminologist, and as a long-standing member of the British Society of Criminology, it is particularly humbling to receive this award and I would like to pay thanks to the judging panel and to everyone involved in the production of this film”.
The judging panel said: “Revisiting the Harms of Hate is a very moving film that highlights, through the words of victims themselves, the devastating impact that hate crime can have.
“The film speaks to academic, practitioner and public audiences, and stands testament to the direction criminological research should be moving in, and the ways we can try and effect real world change. It fully deserves to win this year’s prize.”
Learn more about the Centre for Hate Studies at University of Leicester.