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Gateshead ARCH hate crime reporting system

Gateshead ARCH hate crime reporting system. Atif Bilal Partnership Officer Safer Communities. Hate includes…. Racist Religious Homophobic Transphobic Disability. Examples of Hate Crime or harassment?. Verbal abuse Threatening Behaviour such as intimidation and aggression

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Gateshead ARCH hate crime reporting system

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  1. Gateshead ARCH hate crime reporting system Atif Bilal Partnership Officer Safer Communities

  2. Hate includes… • Racist • Religious • Homophobic • Transphobic • Disability

  3. Examples of Hate Crime or harassment? • Verbal abuse • Threatening Behaviour such as intimidation and aggression • Threatening and/or abusive correspondence either by letter, e-mail, MSN, video or via social networking sites • Threatening and/or abusive phone calls and text messages • Deliberately ‘outing’ or threat of ‘outing’ • Criminal damage to personal belongings, buildings or vehicles • Offensive graffiti or printed materials • Placing excrement, rubbish, paint or any other offensive substances on any part of a house or building • Arson or attempted arson • Physical attacks

  4. What is Gateshead ARCH? Gateshead ARCH is a group of agencies working together to provide a coordinated approach to stop hate crime and to enable everyone in Gateshead to feel safe and secure.

  5. How can people report to Gateshead ARCH? • Reports can be made • In person at designated reporting centres • Via 24 hour telephone number (0191 433 2648) • Via a Community Contact Point • Anonymous reports can be taken • Reports can be made on someone’s behalf • Reports can be taken by witnesses

  6. Gateshead ARCH Launch event • Official public launch – 6th October 2010

  7. Statistics April 2010 – Mar 2011 • 184 referrals • 73% of incidents motivated on grounds race • 113 cases included verbal abuse • On average there are two cases a month with victims suffering Physical attack

  8. Hate Crime and Tension Monitoring Group • Provides direction and co-ordination • Ensures appropriate mechanisms for recording hate crimes and community tensions • Awareness raising and training • Monitor trends • Quality check individual cases • Develop borough wide initiatives

  9. Case Studies

  10. Engagement work examples 100+ attendees to Football tournament 50 people to Kurdish Film Night Establishment of Gateshead Young Muslim Advisory Group

  11. Why should my school be involved? • Support is available from wide number of referral agencies for the individual, their family and the school • Cases are dealt with in strict confidence, schools will be fully involved in the process. Schools will not be named and shamed • Incidents can be recorded for monitoring purposes only without any partner intervention • Helps to provide a picture about hate crime in Gateshead • Free Training available on use of ARCH system • Hope to replace paper based racist incident reporting system

  12. What Next • If your school wants further information, briefings to individual schools can be arranged • An email will be sent to all Head teachers offering training on the ARCH system

  13. Any Questions? Atif Bilal (0191) 433 2333 atifbilal@gateshead.gov.uk

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