From Hate to 'Prevent': Community Safety and Counter-Terrorism (From Hate Crime: Concepts, Policy, Future Directions, P 169-193, 2010, Neil Chakraborti, ed. - See NCJ-232732)

• NCJ Number: 232740
• Author(s): Derek McGhee
• Date Published: 2010
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: Willan Publishing
• Publication Format: Book Chapter
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter explores the relationship between the following two different types of "community policing" - the policing of hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, as well as the policing of Muslim communities in Great Britain.

Abstract

The chapter suggests that building trust between the police and these individuals and their social networks is central in both instances. The chapter also explores the implications of different definitions of vulnerability that are the basis for interactions between the police and these individuals and communities; for example, LGBT communities are presented in police discourses as being vulnerable to hate; and although Muslim communities are also portrayed in police discourses as being vulnerable to hate, the primary contemporary focus of policing Muslim communities is their vulnerability to extremism. This chapter explores the implications of these two different perspectives on vulnerability for policing these communities. The chapter first examines the emergence of a perspective on homophobic hate crime in the context of the emergence of ultiagency community-safety efforts in the early years of the New Labour Government. The chapter then explores the recent investment in policing to develop preventive community relations under the banner of 'Prevent', in the context of the government's counterterrorism strategy called CONTEST. 9 notes and 43 references