Hate Crime Flashcards
what is a hate incident?
any non-crime incident perceived to me motivated by hostility or prejudice based on 5 monitored strands
what is a hate crime?
any criminal offence perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on one of the 5 monitored strands
what are the 5 monitored strands?
- race
- religion
- disability
- sexual orientation
- transgender
what is Allport’s Scale of Prejudice?
a scale which increases in level of harm on victim:
5. allocution
4. active avoidance
3. discrimination
2. physical attack - where it becomes a hate crime
1. extermination
what does s28of The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 state?
what a religiously or racially aggravated attack is
what is a racially or religiously aggravated attack?
if at the time of, or immediatley before or after, offender shows hostility bc of the victims membership or perceived one, of a racial or religious group
OR
offence wholly or partly motivated by hostility towrads members of a racial or religious group bc of this membership.
What are the offences that can be racially or religiously aggravated?
Criminal Damage
Harrassment
Assaults
Public Order
What are the offences that can be racially or religiously aggravated called - acronym?
CHAP offences