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Hate Crime Race for Justice Superintendent Paul Giannasi Slide 1 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 What is a Hate Crime? • • • ACPO definition • ‘Hate crimes and incidents are taken to mean any crime or incident where the perpetrator’s prejudice against an identifiable group of people is a factor in determining who is victimised’. Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Definition • • Importance of ‘Perception’ Importance of Non-Crime Incidents Strands of ‘Monitored’ Hate Crime • Slide 2 Disability, Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation and Transgender Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 Why is Hate Crime so important? • • • • • • Has a greater impact on the victim Affects wider community Has an impact on community cohesion Affects confidence in the Police Prevents escalation in seriousness It is a Government Priority But most importantly • Because its why we do what we do Slide 3 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 Where we are - National Performance • 2005/6 the British Crime Survey showed a 22% fall in racist hate crime • Same period sees 4% increase in reported Racist hate crime • Police have improved detection rates for racially or religiously aggravated offences, from 34% in 2003/4 to 38% in 2005/6 • Favourable in international comparison But • Indications show a reverse in 2006/7 data Slide 4 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 Where we are – Quality of Service • • • • • 1993 Murder of Stephen Lawrence 2005 Murder of Anthony Walker • “The handling of the Anthony Walker prosecution has indeed set a standard which we can and surely must aim to achieve in all similar cases” - Baroness Scotland, Nov 2007 2005 Murder of Jody Dobrowski • "This is unacceptable. We cannot accept this. No intelligent, healthy or reasonable society could." – Dobrowski family statement 2006 Significant under-reporting Many ‘Gaps’ in service Slide 5 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 The Attorney General’s Vision • • • ‘Hierarchy of Hate’ • “I have heard arguments that say that by broadening our attention we dilute the effort to eradicate racism – I can not accept that argument. The same bigotry that fuels racism fuels other types of hate.” Challenge to give consistently high Level of service • “We must seek to provide the same high degree of service to all hate crime victims. This must mean that all areas achieve the same high standard; I can assure you that I would never allow this to mean that our efforts to combat racism should be diluted in any way.” Race for Justice Declaration Slide 6 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 What are we doing • • Improving data • • • • • Common Definitions APACS British Crime Survey ACPO NCTT Case Tracking through the CJS Refresh of ACPO Manual Slide 7 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 What are we doing • Refresh of Manual to include • • • • • • • Slide 8 Minimum standards of Investigation Internet Hate Crime Review of Third Party reporting True Vision Internal Hate Crime Non-Crime Incidents Action Plan to ‘fill the gaps Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 Action Plan to ‘Fill the gaps’ • • • • Gypsy and Traveller Communities Asylum and Refugee communities Transgender Victims Disability Groups • • Learning Disability Mental Health • Steven Hoskin • Christine Lakinski • Brent Martin Slide 9 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008 Why this is important Slide 10 Hate Crime Symposium 11th September 2008