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  Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership  

Hate crime research report

Date: 6/7/2011
Summary: Mencap launches its Stand by me campaign against the backdrop of an Independent Police Complaints Commission report into the death of Fiona Pilkington and Franceca Hardwick. That report highlighted the way in which the police and other agencies seriously let down a vulnerable family who had endured years of abuse.

The Office for Public Management (OPM), an independent public interest organisation, was commissioned by Mencap to conduct research exploring how police services across England tackle hate crime against people with a learning disability. Mencap is launching the Stand by me campaign against hate crime during Learning Disability Week (20–26 June 2011). This campaign is aimed at the police, criminal justice system and courts, because Mencap recognises that eradicating hatecrime will only happen if all the agencies and public bodies involved work in partnership by pledging to Stand by people with a learning disability. The campaign is designed to offer practical solutions to practitioners so that we can all work better in dealing with hate crime against people with a learning disability.

View full report, click here.

Source: Mencap


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