“…There is a vast and growing body of research dedicated to a wide array of issues and topics in and around the wider area of hate crime: for example, Bell (2002), Hall (2005), Iganski (1999aIganski ( , 1999bIganski ( , 2002, Iganski et al (2005), Jacobs and Potter (1998), Jenness and Broad (1997), McGhee (2003aMcGhee ( , 2004McGhee ( , 2005a, Mason (2002), Moran (2000Moran ( , 2001, to name but a few sources. Much of this work analyses the processes whereby hate crimes are introduced to the criminal law, and examines specific hate crime incidents and their aftermath.…”