Preventing Racist Violence - Runnymede Trust

Preventing Racist ViolenceThe Focus is on the Punitive rather than Preventative 19(1) Punitive 19Case Study 2 20Within the mainstream criminal justice system 19Crime reduction as a government objective 21Case Study 3 22(2) Preventative 23Challenging attitudes requires long-term actions 23Behaviour is easier to measure than attitudes 23Case Study 4 24Racist violence prevention is not given priority 25Case Study 5 26II. Working with Potential Perpetrators in the Current Policy Context 27Understanding the Contextualised Environment 27Work with Perpetrators versus Victim-focused Work 27Bringing perpetrator and victim groups together:the Community Cohesion agenda 27Case Study 6 28Perpetrator and victim work to prevent racist crime:the Crime Reduction agenda 29Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention – Linked or Confused? 29Primary and secondary interventions often operatesimultaneously 29Case Study 7 30Social approval of racist perpetrating behaviourneeds to be neutralised 31Case Study 8 32III. How to Support and Sustain Work with Potential Perpetrators 33Long-term Support 33Measuring Outcomes: (1) attitudes 33Measuring Outcomes: (2) prevention 33Case Study 9 34Funding policies on secondary intervention 35Lack of long-term funding 35Dependence on government priorities 35Case Study 10 36Encourage Networks, Multi-agency Work and Cross-sectorPartnerships 37Importance of information-sharing beyond localities 37Case Study 11 38Multi-agency work – Models for prevention 39Understanding the ambivalence of partnership 39Cross-sector partnerships: crime reduction andcommunity cohesion 40Cross-sector partnerships: anti-racism and anti-crime 40An Undervalued Sector that Needs Moral Support and More 41IV. Areas for Further Research 43Appendices 45I. Tabulation of the Report Recommendations 45II. How Racist Incidents are Recorded 48III. Bibliography 49iv