Hate Crime Manual

Reporting Incidents Training

Hate crimes

• “ an injury to one is an injury to all “ • “ a poison which corrupts society “

The Association of Chief police Officers ( ACPO ) definition of HATE CRIME: Hate crime is defined as ‘any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristics:

• x race; • x religion/faith; • x sexual orientation; • x disability; and • x gender-identity.

• Crimes based on hostility to age, gender, or appearance, for example, can also be hate

crimes, although they are not part of the five centrally monitored strands.

Why Report?

• We need to report all cases of Hate Crime• You can help by reporting it or by helping others

to report it.• what happens after it is reported? • it helps police identify nature and scale of

problem, identify actions to reduce and prevent it?

• The way we are approaching hate crime is by working with local community organisations and centres where people have a close connection in local areas. We need to get the community including the voluntary sector and communities, to work together.

Crime and Incident figures

11/12 12/13 Crime incident crime incident • Disability 41 41 23 59• Race 636 434 513 503• Religion 20 4 17 6• Sexual orientation 79 83 50 80• Transgender 0 0 0 4

Nottingham , Diversity in ethnicity• White British 199 990• Irish 2819• Gypsy and traveller 326 • Other white 15563 ( This is mainly from other EU states like Poland , France , Spain and other Eastern European countries )

• Mixed Descent 20265

Other places of origin• Pakistani 16771 • Indian 9901• Bangladesh 1049• Chinese 5988• Other Asian 6330• Arab 2372 • African 9877• Caribbean 9382• Other Black 2926 • Other ethnic origins 2121

Diversity in religion

Christian 135 216Muslim 26919Hindu 4498Sikh 4312Buddhist 2051Other 1483No religion 130132

Hate crime incident is different because:

• it does not just affect the victim;• it can impact upon entire communities;• there can be hundreds of victims;• society as a whole is a victim;• there is a very high risk of repeat victimisation;• there is a high probability that the hate incident ( e.g. a racist incident) is

one piece of a local jigsaw puzzle of incidents, which if completed will give pointers to the offenders;

• there is a significant risk that, unchecked, the perpetrators will descend to worse forms of hate crime;

• perpetrators/haters may be formally or informally organised - it can be a conspiracy crime.

Information will need to be gathered on:• What type of racism and hate crimes related

problems/offences exist?• Where are the main hotspots?• When does the hate crime most frequently

occur?• Why does it occur?• Who are believed to be the main offenders?• Which individuals/groups of people are the main

victims?

Case study

• Mrs Hasan and her children were in a housing association flat in the city. They kept receiving insulting notes which referred to her as Paki and one evening there was some rubbish put through her letterbox. Her next door neighbour was so upset that she reported it to the Police. The police contacted the housing office and after viewing the CCT cameras were able to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

Case study

Martin and his friends were abused by several people standing out outside a city centre pub smoking. The insults were derogative and referred to them as gay by calling them “poofters”. This happened on several occasions. They then reported it to the Police. They did not know the names of the offenders, but they gave a very good description. Although the Police could not take action against the offenders, they spoke to the landlord and warned him that this sort of behaviour being tolerated near his premises would affect his licence. This ended the abuse and Martin and his friends go to the pub for their monthly book group meetings.

Areas to be covered

• Definition of hate crime• Need for reporting• Diversity of Nottinghamshire• Case Studies to illustrate the collection of

information• What happens after a report is made?• Next steps?

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Understanding hate crimes and their impact on communities and individuals

• Understanding the role of communities in supporting individuals in reporting hate crimes and following-up on support to victims

• Understanding the need for accurate information • A better understanding of the criminal justice

process in regards to what is expected of the victims in court.

Case study

Theresa often walks home through a local park. She noticed that several boys of different age groups were harassing another boy who had a facial deformity and had learning difficulties. She reported it to the Police. The police investigated the matter with the local school and managed to identify the boys. They were cautioned and now are involved in a local project with the school and the Holocaust centre.

Case study

Mohinder Singh who is the caretaker at the Sikh Gurudwara, came one morning to find the door was scrawled with abusive graffiti saying “ Muslims go home.” and a plastic bag with pigs trotters were on the steps. The police on viewing CCTV images were able to identify the local youth responsible.

Case study Arthur Smith was returning home on the bus

late at night. A number of youth in boisterous spirit started singing songs implying that as an old man he should be in bed and not “ cradle snatching “. The bus driver rang the police and the youth were apprehended and cautioned.

Filling in the questionnaire• Why do you perceive this to be motivated by hatred?*

• This could be anything , including the words used, or even the victims suspicion

• What date did the incident take place ?

• It is important to be as specific as possible

• What time did the incident take place ?

• Where did the incident take place

Filling in the questionnaire

• Injury/Damage

• Again as much detail , would enable detection If possible take photos of injuries.

• And if there was damage to property, please describe and include photos.

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Filling in the questionnaire

• About the Offenders.• How many ?• Do you know them ?• Can you name them ?• If you know them , then give as much details

you can.• If not can you describe the offenders . • And the ethnicity of the offenders

Diagram of the criminal justice process

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