Hate Crime

"This consultation paper addresses: the aggravated offences under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and the case for extending them to create offences involving hostility on the grounds of disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity. Particular reference is made also to the enhanced sentencing provisions under the Criminal Justice Act 2003; the stirring up of hatred offences under the Public Order Act 1986, and the case for extending them to include hatred on the grounds of disability and transgender identity"--Page iii.