Finland - 2012
Is there an independent assessment of the impact of anti-racist legislation and its application in practice?
- Code:
- RED25
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes, there has been one evaluation of anti-racist legislation's application in practice. |
| Qualitative Info |
In 2008, the Police College of Finland carried out an evaluation on how suspected crimes with racist characteristics proceed in the criminal justice process in Helsinki area.
The evaluation found that out of the 192 suspected crimes with racist characteristics that were reported to the police in 2006, altogether 115 proceed to the public prosecutor for consideration of charges. The prosecutor brought charges in 72 offences and the courts passed a judgement in 57 offences. The courts did not apply the provision on increasing the sentence at all. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people, National minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-racism |
| External Url | http://www.poliisiammattikorkeakoulu.fi/poliisi/poliisioppilaitos/home.nsf/files/Raportteja73_Peutere_eng_suojattu/$file/Raportteja73_Peutere_eng_suojattu.pdf |
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