Local and national policies

• Local and national policies

  National policy: Between 2010 and 2015 the government promoted a policy to tackle knife, crime and gang crime, introducing new offences and allocating extra funds
• Local and national policies

  Local policies: 2017 Sadiq Khan outlined policies to tackle hate crime and boost anti - terror police numbers. The Metropolitan policies prioritising violent crime in the light of knife crime figures
• Ability of the police to achieve social control is limited

  • If the police are prioritising some offences then it means that others may not be investigated or dealt with properly
  • Some people argue that police focus on soft crime, where the offender is easy to catch and deal with, making it easier for them to hit government targets
• CPS also set priorities: 2017 they announced a crackdown on social media hate crime
• CPS focus on hate crime

  • Train all our prosecutors on hate crime, and make sure the training accurately reflects the cases CPS lawyers are likely to be dealing with
  • Check cases often, CPS lawyers review each other's work and provide feedback on both open and closed cases - helping them to learn from each other and deliver the best quality service
• CPS focus on hate crime

  • Hold regular feedback groups locally and nationally
  • Published public policy statements to explain now the CPS prosecute hate crime. These explain the process when prosecuting a hate crime and let victims and witnesses know what they can expect
• CPS focus on hate crime

  • Work closely with partners across the criminal justice sector and beyond to help the public understand and hate crime and what we can do to tackle it