Maya Flax
Biographic Data
| ID | 904460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Flax |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Flax |
| SIGNATURE | FLAX M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8955-5149 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘I Feel Like This Was Testing Me, Whether I Could Just Stay Quiet and Get Offended, or Get Destroyed’
This article explores hate crime targeting three specific religious groups in the United Kingdom: Muslims, Jews and Hindus. Drawing on qualitative interviews with victims, the research considers both hate crimes and noncriminal incidents such as bias and discrimination. The central aim is to examine how individuals from these groups perceive and respond to their experiences of victimization. The article presents data from interviews with 30 parti…
Coping After Shunning
The process of being shunned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses community for failing to meet its expected moral and behavioural standards is a complex experience that may significantly impact individuals’ physical and emotional well-being. This study explores qualitatively the coping strategies adopted by individuals who have experienced religious shunning, drawing on a specific segment of findings from a broader United Kingdom-based study. Twenty-one f…
Victims of religious hate crime
The surge in Hate Crime within the United Kingdom has disproportionately impacted religious communities, particularly Muslims, Jews and Hindus. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of hate crimes targeting these three religious groups in the United Kingdom. Through qualitative interviews with victims, the study aims to analyse their immediate response following the victimisation. Drawing insights from 30 individual interviews and thr…
Doesn’t anyone care anymore?’ – Bystander intervention to hate crime
While previous studies have focused on bystander intervention, current understanding specifically in the area of bystander intervention to hate crime is limited. This study seeks to focus on bystander intervention to hate crime in the United Kingdom. This study utilised 10 semi-structure interviews with participants who had personally witnessed a hate crime incident, exploring reasons for intervention, or lack thereof. Results revealed that for s…
Shunning from the Jehovah’s Witness Community
Drawing on a qualitative study conducted with both individuals who have been shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and those who were in a position to shun others, the authors identify areas of development within the Serious Crime Act 2015 and propose that there is scope to interpret the law broadly to include instances of people shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community
Experiencing Religious Shunning
Understanding perceptions of contemporary antisemitism among Orthodox Jews in London
Communal statistics and media reports reflect that there has been a resurgence of antisemitism. This paper explores whether this evidenced rise of antisemitism is effecting the Jewish community, in particular the Orthodox Jewish community. It elucidates the perceptions of Orthodox Jews in North London about the scale and significance of antisemitism. The study, which was informed by sociological framework, employed a qualitative approach using 28…
Antisemitism is just part of my day-to-day life’
This paper analyses the coping mechanisms which Orthodox Jews in North London have adopted in managing antisemitism. The study, which was informed by a sociological framework, employed a qualitative approach using 28 semi-structured interviews and five focus groups. The findings reveal that despite the high frequency of the victimisation, and despite the awareness among respondents that antisemitism has seen a resurgence in recent years, Orthodox…
Antisemitism is just part of my day-to-day life’
This paper analyses the coping mechanisms which Orthodox Jews in North London have adopted in managing antisemitism. The study, which was informed by a sociological framework, employed a qualitative approach using 28 semi-structured interviews and five focus groups. The findings reveal that despite the high frequency of the victimisation, and despite the awareness among respondents that antisemitism has seen a resurgence in recent years, Orthodox…
Victims of religious hate crime
The surge in Hate Crime within the United Kingdom has disproportionately impacted religious communities, particularly Muslims, Jews and Hindus. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of hate crimes targeting these three religious groups in the United Kingdom. Through qualitative interviews with victims, the study aims to analyse their immediate response following the victimisation. Drawing insights from 30 individual interviews and thr…
Doesn’t anyone care anymore?’ – Bystander intervention to hate crime
While previous studies have focused on bystander intervention, current understanding specifically in the area of bystander intervention to hate crime is limited. This study seeks to focus on bystander intervention to hate crime in the United Kingdom. This study utilised 10 semi-structure interviews with participants who had personally witnessed a hate crime incident, exploring reasons for intervention, or lack thereof. Results revealed that for s…
Antisemitism is just part of my day-to-day life’
This paper analyses the coping mechanisms which Orthodox Jews in North London have adopted in managing antisemitism. The study, which was informed by a sociological framework, employed a qualitative approach using 28 semi-structured interviews and five focus groups. The findings reveal that despite the high frequency of the victimisation, and despite the awareness among respondents that antisemitism has seen a resurgence in recent years, Orthodox…
Understanding perceptions of contemporary antisemitism among Orthodox Jews in London
Communal statistics and media reports reflect that there has been a resurgence of antisemitism. This paper explores whether this evidenced rise of antisemitism is effecting the Jewish community, in particular the Orthodox Jewish community. It elucidates the perceptions of Orthodox Jews in North London about the scale and significance of antisemitism. The study, which was informed by sociological framework, employed a qualitative approach using 28…
Shunning from the Jehovah’s Witness Community
Drawing on a qualitative study conducted with both individuals who have been shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community and those who were in a position to shun others, the authors identify areas of development within the Serious Crime Act 2015 and propose that there is scope to interpret the law broadly to include instances of people shunned from the Jehovah’s Witnesses community
Experiencing Religious Shunning
Victims of religious hate crime
The surge in Hate Crime within the United Kingdom has disproportionately impacted religious communities, particularly Muslims, Jews and Hindus. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of hate crimes targeting these three religious groups in the United Kingdom. Through qualitative interviews with victims, the study aims to analyse their immediate response following the victimisation. Drawing insights from 30 individual interviews and thr…
Doesn’t anyone care anymore?’ – Bystander intervention to hate crime
While previous studies have focused on bystander intervention, current understanding specifically in the area of bystander intervention to hate crime is limited. This study seeks to focus on bystander intervention to hate crime in the United Kingdom. This study utilised 10 semi-structure interviews with participants who had personally witnessed a hate crime incident, exploring reasons for intervention, or lack thereof. Results revealed that for s…
‘I Feel Like This Was Testing Me, Whether I Could Just Stay Quiet and Get Offended, or Get Destroyed’
This article explores hate crime targeting three specific religious groups in the United Kingdom: Muslims, Jews and Hindus. Drawing on qualitative interviews with victims, the research considers both hate crimes and noncriminal incidents such as bias and discrimination. The central aim is to examine how individuals from these groups perceive and respond to their experiences of victimization. The article presents data from interviews with 30 parti…
Coping After Shunning
The process of being shunned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses community for failing to meet its expected moral and behavioural standards is a complex experience that may significantly impact individuals’ physical and emotional well-being. This study explores qualitatively the coping strategies adopted by individuals who have experienced religious shunning, drawing on a specific segment of findings from a broader United Kingdom-based study. Twenty-one f…
Sociology (5 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Hate crime (3 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)