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- af: Communities Working Together Against Hate Crimes
- mottagare: Public Policy Makers, Citizens and Residents of Ontario
The communities working together against hate crimes has held two separate workshops in Kitchener and Cambridge over the past three months starting April 2008. The goal of these grassroots workshops was to find out how ordinary Canadian citizens perceive hate crime in their neighbourhoods. Over sixty participants representing diverse social groups and agencies turned out for these educational events. Law enforcement leaders informed the participants on the legal definition of hate crime as specified in the criminal code of Canada.
The major outcome of the grassroots workshops was unanimity in calling for law makers to re-define the legal definition of hate crime. This will make it possible for the law enforcement agencies to eliminate such crimes from the local communities. Take a moment to read the article on the state of hate crime statistics in Canada according to StatsCan:
Race, ethnicity most common targets of hate crime in Canada: StatsCan
TheRecord.com - National - Race, ethnicity most common targets of hate crime in Canada: StatsCan
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Hate-motivated incidents account for a relatively small proportion of crime in Canada, and those that occur are most commonly related to race or ethnicity, says a new study.
Police services covering 87 per cent of Canada's population reported 892 hate-motivated crimes in 2006, of which six in 10 were motivated by race or ethnicity, Statistics Canada said Monday.
Another quarter of hate crimes were motivated by religion and one in 10 by sexual orientation.
Hate crimes accounted for less than one per cent of all criminal incidents reported by police in 2006.
Half of all hate-motivated crimes reported by police were property-related offences, usually mischief, while a third were violent offences such as assault, the study says.
Among the 502 incidents motivated by race or ethnicity in 2006, half were targeted at blacks, 13 per cent at South Asians and 12 per cent at Arabs or West Asians.
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against Jews were the most common, accounting for 63 per cent of religion-based incidents.
Another 21 per cent were against Muslims and six per cent against Catholics.
More than half of all hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation are violent, the study says. Most of the 80 incidents motivated by sexual orientation were committed against homosexuals.
More than half (56 per cent) of incidents driven by hatred toward a particular sexual orientation were violent, higher than the proportion of incidents motivated by race or ethnicity (38 per cent), or religion (26 per cent). Common assault was the most frequent type of violent offence.
As a result, incidents motivated by sexual orientation were more likely than other types of hate crime incidents to result in physical injury to victims.
Young people aged 12 to 17 were more likely than older age groups to be accused of hate crimes.
The 120 youth accused in 2006 accounted for 38 per cent of all persons accused of committing a hate crime - more than double the proportion of youth accused of committing non-hate crimes (18 per cent).
Overall, males were 2.5 times more likely than females to be victims of violent hate-motivated incidents. The rate for males was 1.8 per 100,000 population compared with 0.7 for females.
Males and females are victimized by violent crime almost equally overall.
Provincial comparisons of hate crime are limited to Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, where virtually 100 per cent of all police services and detachments participated in the hate crime study.
Police-reported hate crimes in these three provinces accounted for roughly 80 per cent of the total number of hate crimes. The rate in Ontario was highest at 4.1 incidents per 100,000 population, followed by British Columbia (2.5) and Quebec (1.4).
In 2006, five cities had police-reported rates of hate-motivated crime that were well above the national average of 3.1 per 100,000 population. Calgary led with a rate of 9.1 incidents for every 100,000 population, followed by Kingston (8.5), Ottawa (6.6), London (5.9) and Toronto (5.5).
Differences in rates among cities could be partly a result of local police policies and practices, Statistics Canada said. For instance, the existence of specialized hate crime units and training programs for officers in some police services may lead to increased reporting of hate-motivated crimes in some cities.
Incidents motivated by race or ethnicity were the most common type of hate crimes in the country's nine largest metropolitan areas - except Ottawa, where religion-based hate crimes occurred most often.
The major outcome of the grassroots workshops was unanimity in calling for law makers to re-define the legal definition of hate crime. This will make it possible for the law enforcement agencies to eliminate such crimes from the local communities. Take a moment to read the article on the state of hate crime statistics in Canada according to StatsCan:
Race, ethnicity most common targets of hate crime in Canada: StatsCan
TheRecord.com - National - Race, ethnicity most common targets of hate crime in Canada: StatsCan
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Hate-motivated incidents account for a relatively small proportion of crime in Canada, and those that occur are most commonly related to race or ethnicity, says a new study.
Police services covering 87 per cent of Canada's population reported 892 hate-motivated crimes in 2006, of which six in 10 were motivated by race or ethnicity, Statistics Canada said Monday.
Another quarter of hate crimes were motivated by religion and one in 10 by sexual orientation.
Hate crimes accounted for less than one per cent of all criminal incidents reported by police in 2006.
Half of all hate-motivated crimes reported by police were property-related offences, usually mischief, while a third were violent offences such as assault, the study says.
Among the 502 incidents motivated by race or ethnicity in 2006, half were targeted at blacks, 13 per cent at South Asians and 12 per cent at Arabs or West Asians.
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against Jews were the most common, accounting for 63 per cent of religion-based incidents.
Another 21 per cent were against Muslims and six per cent against Catholics.
More than half of all hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation are violent, the study says. Most of the 80 incidents motivated by sexual orientation were committed against homosexuals.
More than half (56 per cent) of incidents driven by hatred toward a particular sexual orientation were violent, higher than the proportion of incidents motivated by race or ethnicity (38 per cent), or religion (26 per cent). Common assault was the most frequent type of violent offence.
As a result, incidents motivated by sexual orientation were more likely than other types of hate crime incidents to result in physical injury to victims.
Young people aged 12 to 17 were more likely than older age groups to be accused of hate crimes.
The 120 youth accused in 2006 accounted for 38 per cent of all persons accused of committing a hate crime - more than double the proportion of youth accused of committing non-hate crimes (18 per cent).
Overall, males were 2.5 times more likely than females to be victims of violent hate-motivated incidents. The rate for males was 1.8 per 100,000 population compared with 0.7 for females.
Males and females are victimized by violent crime almost equally overall.
Provincial comparisons of hate crime are limited to Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, where virtually 100 per cent of all police services and detachments participated in the hate crime study.
Police-reported hate crimes in these three provinces accounted for roughly 80 per cent of the total number of hate crimes. The rate in Ontario was highest at 4.1 incidents per 100,000 population, followed by British Columbia (2.5) and Quebec (1.4).
In 2006, five cities had police-reported rates of hate-motivated crime that were well above the national average of 3.1 per 100,000 population. Calgary led with a rate of 9.1 incidents for every 100,000 population, followed by Kingston (8.5), Ottawa (6.6), London (5.9) and Toronto (5.5).
Differences in rates among cities could be partly a result of local police policies and practices, Statistics Canada said. For instance, the existence of specialized hate crime units and training programs for officers in some police services may lead to increased reporting of hate-motivated crimes in some cities.
Incidents motivated by race or ethnicity were the most common type of hate crimes in the country's nine largest metropolitan areas - except Ottawa, where religion-based hate crimes occurred most often.
"We, the undersigned support a review of the definition of hate crime as stated in the Criminal Code of Canada to assist law enforcement agencies eliminate hate crime in the local community."
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