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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for hate crimes (scotland)
1 results foundAuthor: Cavanagh, Ben Title: Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland 2010-11 Summary: Section 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 states that an offence is aggravated by religious prejudice if: (a) at the time of committing the offence or immediately before or after doing so, the offender evinces towards the victim (if any) of the offence malice and ill-will based on the victim's membership (or presumed membership) of a religious group, or of a social or cultural group with a perceived religious affiliation; or (b) the offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by malice and ill-will towards members of a religious group, or of a social or cultural group with a perceived religious affiliation, based on their membership of that group'. Some information about these offences was published by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in May 2011 in their report titled ‘Hate Crime in Scotland 2010-11’. The report included statistics on racially and religiously motivated crime, as well as figures on the three recently introduced categories of hate crime (disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity.) It showed that there were 693 charges with a religious aggravation reported in 2010-11. Over the last five years the overall total number of these charges has been relatively stable, fluctuating between 600 and 700 charges reported each year. In the five financial years between 2006-07 and 2010-11 there were 696, 609, 667, 632 and 693 religious aggravation charges respectively. The number of reported charges in 2010-11 was however 9.7% higher than in 2009-10 and the highest number of charges since 2006-07. To provide a greater insight into the nature of religious offending in Scotland this report presents a further breakdown of the charges reported to COPFS in 2010-11 including information about when and where these incidents took place, the nature of the religious belief that was targeted through the offensive conduct, the victims of the conduct and more information about the accused. The research sought to find out the age and sex of the accused; who the offensive conduct was directed towards; where incidents took place; if they were related to alcohol/drugs/football/marches; which religions were targeted and the final court outcomes for these charges. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, 2011. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 26, 2011 at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/362943/0122956.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/362943/0122956.pdf Shelf Number: 123452 Keywords: Bias-Motivated CrimesHate Crimes (Scotland)Religion |