A report provided findings from a project that examined hate crime, looking at: people's experiences of hate, prejudice, and targeted hostility; the physical and emotional harms suffered by victims and their families; and ways in which to improve the quality of support offered to victims. A series of briefings were published alongside the main findings, together with a 'manifesto', which set out victim-centred recommendations based on the needs and expectations of those whose lives had been directly affected by hate crime.
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Findings and Conclusions, University of Leicester
Links: Report | Summary | Victims manifesto | Project
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Briefing Paper 1: Disablist hate crime, University of Leicester
Links: Paper
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Briefing Paper 2: Gendered hostility, University of Leicester
Links: Paper
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Briefing Paper 3: Homophobic hate crime, University of Leicester
Links: Paper
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Briefing Paper 4: Racist hate crime, University of Leicester
Links: Paper
Source: The Leicester Hate Crime Project, Briefing Paper 5: Religiously motivated hate crime, University of Leicester
Links: Paper
Date: 2014-Sep
An article examined evidence regarding the ethnic/religious patterning of reports of different forms of racist victimization and how they had varied over time.
Source: Saffron Karlsen and James Nazroo, 'Ethnic and religious variations in the reporting of racist victimization in Britain: 2000 and 2008/2009', Patterns of Prejudice, Volume 48 Issue 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Sep
An article examined deaths with a known or suspected racial element in the United Kingdom since the publication of the Macpherson Report in 1999. It said that particular groups of black and minority-ethnic people were at risk (asylum-seekers, new migrants, students, and those working in the night-time economy), and that over-strict interpretation of the legal provisions for racial motivation might inhibit the charging of perpetrators and might remove the racial context of a crime from the court room. The article also questioned whether earlier intervention might have prevented some deaths.
Source: Harmit Athwal and Jon Burnett, 'Investigated or ignored? An analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report', Race and Class, Volume 56 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Jul
A report provided findings from an analysis of data from the MAMA Project, which monitored and recorded incidents of anti-Muslim prejudice.
Source: Matthew Feldman and Mark Littler, Tell MAMA Reporting 2013-14: Anti-Muslim overview, analysis and 'cumulative extremism', Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist and Post-fascist Studies (Teesside University)
Links: Report
Date: 2014-Jul