Valuing difference and inclusion

Question 1

What is a hate incident?

Answer 1

Any incident, which may or may not constitute a criminal offence, perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate.
Anyone can be a victim of a hate incident.

Question 2

What is a hate crime?

Answer 2

Any hate incident, which constitutes a criminal offence, which perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate.
Anyone can be a victim of a hate crime.

Question 3

What is hate motivation?

Answer 3

Hate crimes and incidents are taken to mean any crime or incident where the perpetrators hostility toward or prejudice against an identifiable group of people is a factor in determining who is victimised.

Question 4

What is hostility?

Answer 4

Ill will, ill feeling, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment and dislike.

Question 5

What are police action when dealing with hate motivation incidents?

Answer 5

All incidents of hate must be documented as these often lead towards hate crimes, and evidence of previous activity by an alleged offender is excellent evidence to put before a court. Requirement by the home office for the reporting and recording of all hate crimes and incidents.

Question 6

Impacts of hate / hostility on the victim?

Answer 6

Isolation
Fear
Feeling of difference 
Shock
Bewilderment 
Mistrust

Question 7

Racially and religiously aggravated offences

S28 crime and disorder act 1988

Answer 7

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 of a racial or religious group or the offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility towards members of a racial or religious group based on their membership of that group.

Question 8

Racial groups S28(4) crime and disorder act 1988

Answer 8

A group of persons defined by reference to race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins.

Question 9

S28(4) crime and disorder act 1988

Answer 9

A group of persons defined by reference to religious belief or lack of religious belief.

Question 10

Racial and religious hatred

contrary to S18 POA 1986

Answer 10

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 thereby.

Question 11

Racial and religious hatred

contrary to S19 POA 1986

Answer 11

A person who publishes or distributes 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 thereby.

Question 12

What is a victim?

Answer 12

Someone who has suffered as a result of someone else’s action or beliefs, or as a result of unpleasant circumstances.

Question 13

What is a repeat victim?

Answer 13

When the same person or place suffers from more that one incident over a specified period.

Question 14

When is a person vulnerable? Police..

Answer 14

A person is vulnerable if, as a result of their situation or circumstances, they are unable to take care of or protect themselves from harm or exploitation.

Question 15

What are risk factors?

Answer 15

Characteristics at the biological, psychological, family, community or cultural level that precede and are associated with a higher likelihood of negative outcomes.

Question 16

What are protective factors?

Answer 16

Characteristics associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes or that reduce a risk factors impact. Protective factors may be seen as positive countering events.