What is Hate Crime?
Hate crime is a crime or incident committed against a person that is motivated by an offender’s hatred of someone because of their perceived:
- Age
- Faith
- Disability
- Sexual Orientation
- Race
- Gender
Hate crimes can take many forms, including (but not limited to):
- Physical attacks (assault)
- Criminal damage to property, graffiti and arson
- Intimidating/threatening behaviour such as threats to family/friends, verbal threats, abusive/obscene telephone calls and gestures
- Offensive literature/material such as letters, leaflets and posters
- Verbal abuse and/or insults, which include name calling or offensive jokes
Hate Crime Strategy
The hate crime strategy Take Control – Against Hate Crime is being driven forward by the Hate Crime Operational Group. The strategy aims to:
- Increase reporting of hate crimes/Remote Reporting
- Improve the effectiveness of services to victims of hate crime
- Use more effectively, existing packages to address perpetrators
- Reduce repeat victimisation.
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