Increasing hate crime reporting: narrowing the gap between policy aspiration, victim inclination and agency capability

Christmann, Kris and Wong, Kevin (2016) Increasing hate crime reporting: narrowing the gap between policy aspiration, victim inclination and agency capability. British Journal of Community Justice, 14 (3). pp. 5-23. ISSN 1475-0279

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Abstract

This paper aims to answer the question: can the aspiration for increasing hate crime reporting contained in the United Kingdom Government's action plan on hate crime (2016-2020) be achieved by local agencies in England and Wales? Drawing on findings from research into the barriers to hate crime reporting and research undertaken by the authors and colleagues in 2012 to 2013 in a county in England, this paper will examine the impact of victim decision making and the efficacy of third party hate crime reporting centres on hate crime reporting. It will propose two solutions to facilitate increased reporting in the UK and other jurisdictions: an end to end, criminal justice system, hate crime service framework to more effectively support victims; and a typology of reporting provision which will better enable commissioning agencies to assess the capability and capacity of hate crime services.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	Sara Taylor
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2017 14:06
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2020 15:00
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/30926

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