comparative analysis on policing racist crime and violence dr robin oakley independent consultant
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON POLICING RACIST CRIME AND
VIOLENCE
Dr Robin OakleyDr Robin Oakley
Independent ConsultantIndependent Consultant
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CONTEXT
Follows Report on ‘Racist Violence in the EU15’
Focuses specifically on response of police (EU25)
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METHODOLOGY
• Rapid Response Survey• October 2004• Short questionnaire• National Focal Points (NFPs) • Twenty five Member States• Respond within fourteen days• Provides ‘snapshot’ overview
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SCOPE
1. police recording practices for racist crimes
2. responsibility for establishing racial motivation
3. police responses to victims of racist crimes
4. training provision for the police to respond to racist crimes
5. police engagement with civil society
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MAIN FINDING
In the majority of Member States police responses
to racist crime and violence require further
development to make them effective.
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SPECIFIC FINDINGS
• Approaches differ widely between Member States• A minority show examples of ‘good practice’• Often only specific or local-level initiatives• General lack of comprehensive policing response
to racist violence • UK shows the most comprehensive policing
approach• France, Germany and Sweden also show serious
commitment
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SPECIFIC FINDINGS (continued)• No provision for recording racial motivation in crime generally
in most States• Information on ethnicity of victims/offenders rarely recorded • Support for victims of racist crime needs to be strengthened• Few states had specialist training in place • Many initiatives just address ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘racism’
generally• Police engagement with civil society needs
to be further developed
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ACTIONS AT MEMBER STATE LEVEL
• Need for adequate legal and policy framework• Police leadership to show commitment• Requirement on police to record ‘racial motivation’ in crime• Statistical analysis of all racially-motivated crime• Procedural guidance for police on response to racist crime• Specialist training to be provided, with input from NGOs• Specialist posts to be established at national/local levels• Mechanisms to encourage/facilitate reporting of racist
crime
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ACTIONS AT E.U. LEVEL• Need for further in-depth research on policing responses• Urgent need for comparative victim survey across Member States• Legislation to require Member States to have adequate law on racist
crime• Should include requirement on police to record racial motivation• Funded programme to support strengthening of police response• To include support for NGO participation• Transnational events to exchange experience/promote good practice• Actions to be coordinated with work of
other international bodies
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Thank you for your attention