Policing Hate Crime in London

Bibliographic Data

ID3756301
AuthorsVicky Kielinger (Metropolitan Police Service, New Scotland Yard, London), Susan Paterson (Metropolitan Police Service, New Scotland Yard, London)
Year2007
Volume51
Issue2
Pages196-204
Publication date2007-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764207306051
OpenAlexW2149472126
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited3

Since the bomb attacks that occurred in London on July 7, 2005, hate and faith-hate crimes and other incidents have become a major focus of the police and government in the United Kingdom. This article presents some of the research that has taken place on the nature and policing of hate crime over the past 5 years in the London Metropolitan Police Service. Focusing in particular on recent research into anti-Semitism where a new typology of incidents has been developed, the article reveals that the majority of hate incidents reported to the police in London are perpetrated by people with whom victims come into contact in their daily lives, rather than predominantly by strangers or extremists. This provides the police with a number of challenges for both strategic thinking and operational practice. It also highlights the continual need for close liaison and consultation with minority communities and vulnerable groups within London

Crime statistics · Criminology · Government (linguistics) · Hate crime · Metropolitan area · Metropolitan police · Political science · Sociology · Typology · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence