Identifying the Problem
Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships must be able to identify and understand
the range and extent of racist incidents specific to their areas before they can develop
a local plan of action and assess the type and level of resources required. This
will assist in ensuring compliance with recommendation 6.13 to 6.16 of the PAT 8 Report
and achieving Best Value targets.
Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships will, therefore, need to develop a comprehensive
racist incidents local audit, with an involvement of the local community. This will
help:
To prioritise and target activity
To obtain a baseline of the scale and nature of racially motivated incidents
to
monitor future success and failure
review and evaluate current work in progress
identify gaps in local service response & provision
identify relevant local partners/stakeholders to co-operate with and achieve
a more successful outcome with joint resources and;
create ownership at a local level
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in the Partnership
Working Toolkit
Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships will need to gather and analyse information
on:
what types of racist incidents and harassment is taking place and how often?
where and why they are likely to occur?
who are the perpetrators and who is most at risk of becoming a perpetrator?
who are the victims and who is at greatest risk of becoming victim of a racist
incident/harassment?
This section of the Toolkit sets out to help Crime & Disorder Reduction agencies
with the gathering and analysis of this information. It provides summary checklists
for suggested local use. It also draws on the principles set out in the "Conjunction
of Criminal Opportunity" framework developed by the Home Office Research, Development
and Statistics Directorate. Ideally, the audit should contain information on each
of the following:
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The following table will assist Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships on the
types of information that should be obtained and information sources.
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