RACIST VIOLENCE IN 15 EU MEMBER STATES - Cospe

RACIST VIOLENCE IN 15 EU MEMBER STATES - A Comparative Overview of Findings from the RAXEN NFP Reports 2001-2004
RAXEN 4 refers to a number of studies on suspects/perpetrators; these include:
• Peucker, Gassebner and Wahl (2001) – analysis of police investigation files on
xenophobic, antisemitic and extreme right-wing suspects.
• Gassebner, Peucker and Schmidt (2001) – analysis of verdicts on xenophobic,
antisemitic and extreme right-wing perpetrators.
• Wahl et al. (2001) – biographical backgrounds and motivation of xenophobic
violent criminals.
In comparison with research on racist suspects/perpetrators, RAXEN 4 does not
refer to research on victims of racist/xenophobic/antisemitic crimes.
6.3. NATURE AND EXTENT OF RACIST VIOLENCE
According to data supplied by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, which
keeps data collected by the police on ‘politically motivated criminality – rightwing’
(that includes ‘extremist crimes’) – new registration system as of 1/1/01:
• In 2001: 14,725 ‘politically motivated criminality – right-wing’ crimes were
recorded, including crimes that were classified as xenophobic or antisemitic
(no detail supplied by RAXEN NFP).
• In 2002: 12,933 ‘politically motivated criminality – right-wing’ crimes were
recorded, of which 940 were classified as ‘violent’.
• Of these 12,933 crimes – 10,902 were classified as ‘extremist’, of which 772
were classified as ‘violent extremist crimes’.
• Of these 12,933 crimes – 2,789 were classified as motivated by xenophobia, of
which 512 were classified as ‘violent’, and 1,594 were classified as motivated
by antisemitism, of which 30 were classified as ‘violent’.
• With respect to the above - ‘acts of violence’ include: homicide, attempted
homicide, bodily harm, arson, and ‘other’ acts of violence. Damage to property
is included under ‘other offences’.
• In 2002: Looking at the ratio of violent crimes with an extreme right-wing
background per 1,000 inhabitants, Brandenburg emerges as the State with the
highest ratio - 3.02 per 1,000 inhabitants - and Hesse emerges as the State with
the lowest ratio – 0.39 per 1,000 inhabitants.
• In 2003: 11,576 ‘politically motivated criminality – right-wing’ crimes were
recorded, of which 845 were classified as ‘violent’.
• Of these 11,576 crimes – 10,792 were classified as ‘extremist’, of which 759
were classified as ‘violent extremist crimes’.
• Of these 11,576 crimes – 2,431 were classified as motivated by xenophobia, of
which 465 were classified as ‘violent’, and 1,226 were classified as motivated
by antisemitism, of which 38 were classified as ‘violent’.
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