Welcome to the Evidence Network
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The Evidence Network website is an information resource provided by the Centre for Evidence & Policy at King’s College London. The Evidence Network was founded in 2001 as part of an ESRC funded initiative. Of interest to anyone concerned with evidence-based policy and practice in the broad field of social and public policy, the Evidence Network:
- Monitors news and events in the EBPP world.
- Provides access to a wide range of information resources in social and public policy.
- Acts as a gateway to the literature of EBPP.
- Offers the opportunity to become part of the international EBPP community as an Evidence Network Associate.
The Centre also hosts a peer reviewed journal, Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, published in association with The Policy Press. Centre staff collaborate with colleagues at King’s and other organisations to undertake research
The website content is provided by Chris Cooper and the Associates scheme is managed by Alan Gomersall.
No place for hate: working together to tackle hate crime
A conference organised by Pavilion and OPM
The Macpherson Inquiry into the racist murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence laid the groundwork for the legal recognition of racist hate crime. In the years that followed, laws recognising hate crime on the basis of religion, sexual orientation and disability came into existence, albeit with differences among the three countries of Great Britain. In addition, policy and practice developments vary, being more advanced in relation to particular types of hate crime than others. The evidence base for the more recently recognised types of hate crime is also at an embryonic stage. These represent significant challenges to our ability to tackle hate crime effectively.
There is increasing recognition that policy and practice on hate crime requires appreciation of the fact that victims and offenders have multiple identities. There are limits to the current ‘equality strand-specific’ approach to tackling hate crime. There is parallel recognition that effective redress and prevention requires partnership working across different agencies and organisations. Hate crime is not merely the responsibility of criminal justice agencies.
This conference explores the challenges and opportunities for taking effective action by bringing together the latest evidence, policy and practice developments across different sectors and countries.
Date: Friday 26 March 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London NW1
OPM’s website at www.opm.co.uk; and Pavilion’s website at: http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=901
The Macpherson Inquiry into the racist murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence laid the groundwork for the legal recognition of racist hate crime. In the years that followed, laws recognising hate crime on the basis of religion, sexual orientation and disability came into existence, albeit with differences among the three countries of Great Britain. In addition, policy and practice developments vary, being more advanced in relation to particular types of hate crime than others. The evidence base for the more recently recognised types of hate crime is also at an embryonic stage. These represent significant challenges to our ability to tackle hate crime effectively.
There is increasing recognition that policy and practice on hate crime requires appreciation of the fact that victims and offenders have multiple identities. There are limits to the current ‘equality strand-specific’ approach to tackling hate crime. There is parallel recognition that effective redress and prevention requires partnership working across different agencies and organisations. Hate crime is not merely the responsibility of criminal justice agencies.
This conference explores the challenges and opportunities for taking effective action by bringing together the latest evidence, policy and practice developments across different sectors and countries.
Date: Friday 26 March 2010
Venue: ORT House Conference Centre, London NW1
OPM’s website at www.opm.co.uk; and Pavilion’s website at: http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/conferences/showfull.asp?Conference=901