Resources
| DOI | 10.1177/0264550517752752 |
| Date | 01 March 2018 |
| Published date | 01 March 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Resources |
Resources
Resources
Reporting hate crime incidents online
The True Vision website lists all the ways in which staff and service users can report
harassment and hate crime, including anonymous reporting. Via the website you
can: find out what hate crimes or hate incidents are; find out about the ways you can
report them; report them using the online form; find information about people who
can help and support you if you have been a victim. The site provides specific
information about hate crime associated with disability, race and religion, homo-
phobia and transphobia, as well as domestic abuse and bullying and harassment.
There are useful links to specialized resources and personal safety tips for abuse,
including online harassment. There is also a 24 hour helpline, Stop HateCrime on
0800 1381625 or text number 07717989025; email address talk@stophate.org.
For more information the website address is: http://www.report-it.org.uk/home
Practitioner guidance about support for families
i-HOP has jointly authored with Barnardo’s a document entitled Supporting Chil-
dren and Families Affected by a Family Member’s Offending – A Practitioner’s
Guide. Although this guide is aimed at practitioners not familiar with the criminal
justice system, it provides useful information that can help criminal justice practi-
tioners understand the impact of offending upon the whole family. The introduction
identifies that 200,000 parents go to prison each year and 502,000 prison visitors
were children (p. 6), and so the purpose of this practitioner’s guide is to increase the
awareness of the impact of a family member offending and ways of enabling
practical and emotional support for affected children and families. The guide covers
an understanding of the criminal justice system, the impact of offending upon
families, and ways of supporting families and their needs within practitioners’
assessments. There is also a section on the psychological impact on children. At the
end of the report there are several specialized resources, including links to video
clips about children’s experiences of family members’ imprisonment. Not only can
this report help one to understand family experiences of having a member in the
criminal justice system, but it can also help practitioners understand the childhood
experiences of those who have experienced a parent offending and are now
themselves experiencing the criminal justice system. The guide is available to
download for free at: http://www.i-hop.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/886
The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice
Probation Journal
2018, Vol. 65(1) 126–127
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