Improving Responses to Hate Relationships Final Report

Donovan, Catherine; Clayton, John; MacDonald, Stephen; Long, Carol; Dutt, Ayurshi; Jain, Vani

Abstract

The research team have been working with the Hate Crime Advocacy Service (HCAS) at Connected Voice Advocacy since 2019. The HCAS is funded by the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office so whilst it is based in Newcastle it provides a service across the Northumbria Police Authority: Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.

Hate relationships is a term used by the authors to describe repeated incidents of hate being directed at an individual and/or their family by the same perpetrators who live in close proximity to them (Donovan et al. 2023). The impacts can be akin to coercive control experienced in domestically abusive relationships and exacerbated by help-providers apparent inaction. This report brings together the findings from the two most recent studies exploring different aspects of hate relationships and provides a toolkit, based on those findings, to better equip practitioners to identify hate and hate relationships and ensure that people are referred to the most appropriate help-provider.
This report answers the following questions:
(a) were the experiences of hate relationships different during the pandemic period and
(b) whether and how a toolkit for practitioners might improve service responses to those victimised by hate relationships.

Building on these questions we aimed to: co-produce a toolkit with practitioners, clients and workers of the HCAS that can aid early recognition of hate relationships and facilitate quicker and more appropriate referrals to the Hate Crime Advocacy Service (HCAS).

Citation

Donovan, C., Clayton, J., MacDonald, S., Long, C., Dutt, A., & Jain, V. Improving Responses to Hate Relationships Final Report

• Working Paper Type: Discussion Paper
• Publication Date: 2024-06
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 28, 2024
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2501880