Conference Papers

New South Wales Police Service crime prevention program on anti-gay/lesbian violence

Sue Thompson

Published in:
National overview on crime prevention : proceedings of a conference held 4-6 June 1991
Sandra McKillop and Julia Vernon (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 18452 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 15)

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Abstract

The New South Wales Police Service has been involved in developing a multi focused program aimed at reducing the increasing number of prejudice motivated crimes committed against gay and lesbian members of the community. The program is based on looking at the problem of anti gay/lesbian violence in its widest possible context and approaching it from as many angles as possible. Thompson outlines the different strategies being adopted.