In recent weeks in the UK, the ex-Home Secretary and current Member of Parliament, David Blunkett, has voiced his concerns regarding the integration of Roma communities in to his constituency in northern England. He has even insinuated that riots may ensue due to the community tensions that he suggests have been enflamed by the failure…
It seems that a hate crime is now not defined by the perception of the victim, his or her family or communities, as it should be in law. No matter how many times a victim has reported each and every time they are harassed, abused and attacked due to race and disability, or being perceived…
The recent Law Commission Consultation Paper Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences (outlined in the our last blog) is the first large scale review of hate crime law in England and Wales. The Commission is now currently scrutinizing the large number of responses it has received before it provides its final report…
In June of this year, the Law Commission (the law reform body for England and Wales) published a consultation paper entitled ‘Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences’. The current ‘hate crime’ legislation in England and Wales consists of the following: a) the aggravated offences under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 whereby…
Three reasons why I don’t like the term mate crime. What is the difference between hate crime and mate crime? I am confused, and I don’t think that I am the only one. I am a ‘self advocate’ from People First Havering and I have worked on the issue of disability hate crime since 2001….
The scope of hate crime legislation with respect to victim categories is a perennial one for scholars. Indeed, the question as to whether hate crimes legislation should be introduced at all is a live one in an Irish context. The recent EU Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of…
It’s that time of year when Statistics Canada releases it’s annual report on police reported hate crime in Canada. The July 10, 2013 release of 2011 data was only the 6th such accounting. That in itself says something about our lack of maturity in confronting hate crime. The capacity to document a problem is the…
Monday 15th July was a historic day for equal rights as the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill completed its Third – and final – Reading in the House of Lords. With the first same-sex marriages due to take place in 2014, it would be easy to think that progress with regards to sexual citizenship and…
The recent horrific murder of Lee Rigby in broad daylight on the busy streets of Woolwich, London, triggered feelings of shock and revulsion among the general public, mixed with sympathy for Rigby’s family and anger at the perpetrators. As the news unfolded it appeared that Lee Rigby had been deliberately targeted by Muslim extremists…
A change to a crime recording policy within one regional police force does not tend to generate huge levels of news coverage. However, in the week that Greater Manchester Police announced that they would be recording attacks against members of alternative subcultures as hate crimes, this change in policy became the subject of extensive…
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