This book provides a short, clear and concise introduction to Islamophobic hate crime. It builds on current research, and contributes to our understanding of Islamophobia and the various responses to this form of hate crime and victimization.

Imran Awan is a Professor in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University, UK.

Irene Zempi is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

1. Introduction; 2. Understanding Islamophobic hate crime; 3. Islamophobia online and in the digital world; 4. Gendered Islamophobia; 5. Islamophobia and perceived Muslim identity; 6. Using autoethnography for Islamophobic hate crimes; 7. Institutional Islamophobia: policing, profiling, and hate; 8. Islamophobia, terrorism, and the media; 9. Impacts of Islamophobic hate crime; 10. Islamophobic hate crime in Europe; 11. Conclusion