Barriers to reporting hate crime and hate incidents in Victoria: A mixed-methods study
Pagination
1 - 51Publisher
Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Deakin UniversityPlace of publication
Geelong, Vic.ISBN-13
9780730002093Language
engResearch statement
96.9% (N = 252) of our survey participants reported that they would report a knife assault to the police, and 92.7% (N = 241) that they would report a physical assault to the police. However, when asked about their real experiences of victimisation, only 5 out of 13 participants
reported to police being the victim of a prejudice motivated violent physical attack. Only 1 out of 5 participants reported to police being the victim of a prejudice motivated sexual assault. This finding suggests that
participants are aware that they should report hate crime, but when they are victimised, there are barriers that prevent them from reporting. We created a typology of barriers to reporting hate crimes and hate incidents.Publication classification
A6 Research report/technical paper
