Empowerment Challenging

Disability Hate Crime

Common stereotypes

In terms of hate crime we only see disabled victims as those frequently considered as ‘Vulnerable’.

Hate and hostility

• What do you think of as hate crime

• What do you think of as hostility

Crown Prosecution Statistics

• 2008 153 Prosecutions

• 2009 393 Prosecutions

• 2010 638 Prosecutions

How do we get there?• Tackling discrimination in agencies –

through awareness training.• Tackling complacency/tolerance of abuse in

care homes and hospitals• Safeguarding referrals from disability

agencies, health services and police, and reduce problems of information sharing between disability, care, health and criminal justice agencies

Reporting

• What can we do?• We will now talk about some ideas on

stopping hate crime.

Stephen Brookes MBE Coordinator - Disability Hate Crime Networkstbmbe1@btinternet.com

Report it to stop it!