Hate crime/ racially and religious aggravated crimes

Question 1

Hate crime

Answer 1

A criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a persons actual or perceived disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and transgender

Question 2

Hate incident

Answer 2

Any non-crime incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on actual or perceived disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and transgender

Question 3

Section 28 Crime and Disorder act 1998
Racially and religiously aggravated offences

Answer 3

An offence is racially or religiously aggravated if at the time of committing or immediately before or after doing so the offender demonstrates towards the victim hostility based on the victims membership or presumed membership of a racial or religious group or the offence is motivated by hostility towards members of a racial or religious group based on their membership of that group

Question 4

Section 18 Public order act 1986
Racial and religious hatred

Answer 4

A person who uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or displays any written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting is guilty of an offence if he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred or having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up