Racially aggravated offences

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

SES ID

• 92716

Notation

• 92716

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Crime
• Race relations

Related

• Harassment
• Incitement
• Racial harassment
• Racial violence
• Religiously aggravated offences

Scope note

• Use for racist assaults and racist attacks (rather than using Racial violence).

Definition

• Created under the Crime and Disorder Act 2000 as a term for offences that carry a heavier sentence because they have a racial motive (both violent and non-violent offences).