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<p>The Home Office and key partners continue to build understanding of the drivers
of hate crime through research and evaluation of hate crime programmes, and consultation
with subject matter experts including the Independent Advisory Group and local practitioners.</p><p>Alongside
the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh in October 2018 the Government published a thematic
review of the current evidence base – this can be found at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016."
target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016.</a>
The review highlighted the complex nature of the drivers and harms of hate crime,
including the impact of political and other events, such as the 2017 terrorist attacks,
in triggering ‘spikes’ in offending. <br> <br>In recognition that political discourse,
the print media and social media may have a role in hate crime, the Action Plan set
out a number of commitments, including work with the Society of Editors and the Independent
Press Standards Organisation. More broadly the Government published the Online Harms
White Paper on 8 April 2019, and delivered a communications campaign to increase public
awareness of the different forms hate crime can take.</p>
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