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You all may be interested to know that the Justice Department in the U.S. now collects data on disability status in their crime victimization survey. They use a measure very similar to what is proposed by the Washington City Group and recommended by the U.N. for national censuses. So soon, at least there will be data in the U.S. Check this website to see what kind of data wll be available: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1743 Barbara Altman -----Original Message----- From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Colin REvell Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Disability Hate Crime statistics Stephen Brookes sent a message to the members of Disability Hate Crime Network. Subject: Disability Hate Crime Statistics These are the figures whihc were issued by the CPS. It shows that reports are not seeing light of day, and we as disabled people are failing to press for justice for ourselves. http://www.cps.gov.uk In 2007/8 Prosecution figures for hate crime were 1) Race and Religion - 33,000 2) Domestic violence - 170,000 3) Homophobic and transphobic - 2,400 4) Disability - 183 Lets get the stats more representative of the real issues LETS REPORT IT NOW!!! WHAT ABOUT 'INSTITUTIONALISED' HATE CRIMES/DISABILISM WHICH IS ENDEMIC WITHIN THE POLICE, COUNCILS AND OTHER PUBLIC BODIES WHICH ALL AVENUES SEEM TO BE CLOSED HERE WHEN YOU REPORT DISABILITY HATE CRIMES/DISABILISM AGAINST THOSE WITHIN PUBLIC BODIES AS I HAVE DONE, THEN FOR DOING SO I AM CONTINUALLY ABUSED, HARASSED AND VICTIMISED IN BOTH MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE'S FOR 'WHISTLEBLOWING' AND DRAGGED IN FRONT OF CRIMINAL COURTS FOR 'SELF-ADVOCATING/ADVOCATING WITH OTHERS' AND COMPLAINING' AS A DISABLED PERSON(DPO) AND THEN MY AUTISTIC/NEURODIVERSE 'IMPAIRMENTS/BEHAVIOURS' ARE 'CRIMINALISED!!! WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF OUR RIGHTS UNDER UN DISABILITY CONVENTION? - 183 DISABILITY RELATED HATE CRIMES - THESE FIGURES SAY IT ALL DON'T THEY!!! Colin Revell _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.