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Analysing Causes: Checklist |
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1. Profile of offenders
Are crimes the work of many or a few racist offenders?
Do they operate in groups or individually?
Do offender profiles point to common factors, e.g.
Age
School exclusion
School underachievement
Lack of skills
Other offences
Organised criminal networks
- Do offenders/perpetrators live locally or are they travelling to the
area to commit crime?
- Is there evidence to suggest that the perpetrators are part of an
organised racist group or opportunists?
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation Service
- Arrest Referral Scheme
- Drug Action Teams
- Social Services
- Schools
- Education Authorities
- British Transport Police
- Race Equality Council
- Victim Support
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2. Targets
What makes victims particularly vulnerable? (Age, gender, ethnicity,
area where they live/work/worship?
analysis of repeat victimisations?)
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation service
- Race Equality Council
- Victim Support
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3. Physical environment
- What features of racist crime hotspots make them attractive to
racist
offending? ( physical layout & features of estate/housing complex/
shopping, arcade, schools
bus stop area/locations, poor lighting, lack
of natural surveillance; open access; lack of community/leisure
facilities )
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation service
- Car park managers/operators
- Local residents/businesses
- Local planners
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4. Social environment
Is there an absence of 'crime preventors'? - people or organisations
community either formal or informal who can influence the offender in
advance of the event, intervene during the event or react
afterwards
Is there an environment of 'crime promoters' - either knowingly or
unwittingly e.g. supplying tools or knowledge, providing outlets for
goods, peer pressure
- Are Community facilities - routine of use of shops, leisure and
entertainment facilities; 'street' routine e.g. traffic, commuters,
local services - creating opportunity for crime
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- Retailers
- Second-hand markets
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