Sweden - 2012
Is policing reported to be adequate in terms of combating racist violence/hate crime effectively?
- Code:
- RED27
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
No, although in some cities such as Stockholm, the police has established a Hate crime Unit, established to combate hate crimes. These interventions are not nation-wide and there is lack of resources still in combating racial hate crimes and violence. |
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| Qualitative Info |
One of the major initiatives by the Swedish Police Service is the establishment of a Hate Crime Unit in Stockholm. The Hate Crime Unit has continued to evolve. From October 2009, there are hate crime coordinators in each district. They serve as contact persons together with the Hate Crime Unit and the County Bureau of Investigation, working with coordination, monitoring, and method development and providing information on hate crimes. At the Hate Crime, six policemen including a squad leader, a preliminary investigator and four investigators are employed. Source: The Swedish Police in Stockholm, http://www.polisen.se/ |
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| Data | ||
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people, National minorities | |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Intra-ethnic, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement, Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism, Daily life, Religion | |
| External Url | http://www.polisen.se/ | |
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