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Frustration over review’s failure to call Met police ‘institutionally disablist’

By John Pring on 30th March 2023 Category: Crime

Frustration over review’s failure to call Met police ‘institutionally disablist’
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Disabled campaigners have criticised a review of standards in the Metropolitan police for failing to conclude that the force is institutionally disablist, and then refusing to explain that decision. Baroness Casey’s review of the force’s culture and standards found one in […]

Media ‘still use disablist language and blame disabled victims’ when covering crime

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Crime

Media ‘still use disablist language and blame disabled victims’ when covering crime
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News stories about crimes against disabled people in the mainstream media still too often use disablist language, blame the victim, and portray the disabled person as a “burden”, according to a new report. Inclusion London’s report, Disability, Crime and Hate Crime […]

Police admission of failure on disability hate crime ‘is not enough’

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Crime

Police admission of failure on disability hate crime ‘is not enough’
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Disabled campaigners have called for action to address systemic failings in the criminal justice system and serious failures of police leadership that have led to an “alarming” fall in the number of disability hate crime cases being prosecuted. Since 2016-17, the […]

CPS hate crime lead pledges to improve ‘woeful’ and ‘alarming’ prosecution figures

By John Pring on 3rd November 2022 Category: Crime

CPS hate crime lead pledges to improve ‘woeful’ and ‘alarming’ prosecution figures
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Statistics that show that less than 350 disability hate crimes were prosecuted last year “make for woeful reading”, the Crown Prosecution Service’s national hate crime lead has told Disability News Service (DNS). As recently as 2016-17, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) […]

We have failed across the country on disability hate crime, says police chief

By John Pring on 27th October 2022 Category: Crime

We have failed across the country on disability hate crime, says police chief
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The performance of police forces across the country in providing justice for victims of disability hate crime is not good enough and must improve, the organisation representing senior police officers has finally admitted. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) admitted its […]

Police silent as action on disability hate crime plunges… again

By John Pring on 13th October 2022 Category: Crime

Police silent as action on disability hate crime plunges… again
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The number of disability hate crime cases passed by police forces to prosecutors plummeted by a fifth last year, despite the number of allegations reported by disabled people rising by more than 40 per cent. Police forces across England and Wales […]

Child sexual abuse inquiry calls for tougher regulation of residential special schools

By John Pring on 3rd March 2022 Category: Crime

Child sexual abuse inquiry calls for tougher regulation of residential special schools
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A major investigation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has called for tougher inspection and oversight of residential special schools, after hearing how some teachers exploited their positions to groom and abuse disabled pupils. A report on the […]

Police and councils ‘must do more to protect disabled children from sexual exploitation’

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Crime

Police and councils ‘must do more to protect disabled children from sexual exploitation’
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Police forces and local authorities must do more to protect disabled children from the risk of child sexual exploitation, according to a major investigation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. The inquiry’s report, published this week, says that children […]

One step closer in decade-long battle for stronger disability hate crime laws

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Crime

One step closer in decade-long battle for stronger disability hate crime laws
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The decade-long battle for tougher laws on disability hate crime moved a step closer this week after the Law Commission announced a series of measures that would make it easier to secure convictions, if its recommendations are accepted by the government. […]

Call for urgent inquiry into Met’s ‘systemic failure’ on disability hate crime

By John Pring on 9th December 2021 Category: Crime

Call for urgent inquiry into Met’s ‘systemic failure’ on disability hate crime
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are calling for an urgent inquiry into the “systemic failure” by the Metropolitan police in how it responds to reports of disability hate crime. A new report says the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has been guilty of […]

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