Telephone Tutorial: Disability hate crime (PLEN members only)
25th June 2008, 11.00am - 12.00pm, Past event
Policing plays an important role in protectingvulnerable groups and legislation allows a court to give an enhancedsentence for any offence motivated by hatred for specific categories,one of which is disability.
TheTelephone Tutorial will be chaired by Susan Scott-Parker, ChiefExecutive, Employers' Forum on Disability with input from Paul Giannasi, Police Superintendent (ACPO Hate Crime sub group) and Nadine Tilbury, Senior Policy Adviser, Crown Prosecution Service.
Pleasenote that further reading on policy for prosecuting cases of disabilityhate crime can be obtained from Crown Prosecution Service at www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/disability.html
Why attend?
The telephone tutorial will cover:- An overview of disability hate crime and how this relates to other types of hate crime.
- Context of the key areas of hate crime.
- Understanding the difference between committing a disability hate crime offence and targeting someone because they are vulnerable.
- Training police officers with how to deal with disability hate crime to ensure the rights of people who might be the victim of such a crime.
- Understanding the fine line between a hate incident and hate crime.
- Learn about the application of hate crime legislation and the Crown Prosecution Service's perspective.
Who should attend?
This event is open to Police and Law Enforcement Network members only, at no charge.