New plan for tackling hate crime

Post date: Apr 13, 2012 12:44:56 PM

The Home Office has published a new action plan for tackling with hate crime.  The plan includes sections on religious hate crime with specific reference to the Jewish and Muslim faiths.

'Challenge it, Report it, Stop it' is the government's blueprint to tackle hate crime, bringing together activity by a wide range of government departments - working with local agencies, voluntary organisations and our independent advisory group - to meet three key objectives:

• • preventing hate crime happening by challenging the attitudes and behaviours that foster hatred, and encouraging early intervention to reduce the risk of incidents escalating

  • increasing the reporting of hate crime that occurs by building victims' confidence to come forward and seek justice, and working with partners at national and local level to ensure the right support is available when they do

  • working with the agencies that make up the Criminal Justice System to improve the operational response to hate crime. We want a more effective end-to-end process, with agencies identifying hate crimes early, managing cases jointly and dealing with offenders robustly

For more information follow this link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/hate-crime-action-plan