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<p>The Coalition government takes all forms of hate crime very seriously. The Government’s
hate crime action plan brings together the activities of government departments to:
prevent hate crime by challenging the attitudes and behaviours that foster hatred;
increase the reporting of hate crime by building victims’ confidence to come forward
and seek justice, ensuring the right support is available when they do, and; work
across the criminal justice system to improve the operational response to hate crime.<br><br>Police
forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have recently been issued with new guidance
for dealing with hate crimes, which includes advice for dealing with incidents and
how to monitor and deal with community tensions. <br><br>Data published on 16 October
showed a 5% increase in hate crime recorded by the police in the last year with increases
across all five of the monitored hate crime strands. The government is encouraged
that more victims are coming forward and that the police are improving the way they
identify hate crime.<br><br>The government has also worked with organisations, including
Show Racism the Red Card, the Anne Frank Trust and the Jewish Museum to raise awareness
of prejudice with children and young people, in order to prevent hate crime from happening
in the first place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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