The Manchester hate crime strategy is due to be updated early next year. Manchester City Council are therefore reviewing the current strategy, and would like your thoughts on the issues and priorities you would like them to focus on for the next three years.
What is hate crime?
Hate crime is any criminal offence that is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s characteristic or perceived characteristic, including:
• Alternative subculture
• Disability
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sexual orientation
• Trans and gender reassignment
An offender convicted of a hate-motivated crime can receive a severe punishment from the Courts.
A hate incident is not a crime, but is one that is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s characteristic as described above. Examples include name-calling, abusive language or behaviour etc.
Perpetrators are subject to a range of tools and powers available to the partnership, including restorative justice and civil enforcement, for example, injunctions.
For further information and to give your views, visit: www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200024/consultations_and_surveys/7006/manchester_hate_crime_strategy_consultation
Deadline: Monday 7 September 2015