Scottish Government

Pride and Prejudice
A Review of police Race Relations in Scotland

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Contents

Preface
Dictionary definitions of Pride and Prejudice
Executive Summary
List of Recommendations
Chapter One Strategic Drivers
Chapter Two Police Staff
Introduction
Recruitment
Positive action
A national approach
Special constables
Police support staff
Training
Minority ethnic staff
Staff appraisal
Chapter Three Police Service Delivery
Introduction
Data collection
Usage of data
Quality of case reporting
Lord Advocate's Guidelines
Interpreting and translating
Cultural and religious needs
Provision of information
Community policing
Police complaints
Chapter Four Monitoring and Performance
Introduction
Performance indicators
Public satisfaction surveys
Ethnic classification
Monitoring ethnicity in the criminal justice system
Race Relations Amendment Act 2000
External scrutiny
Summary
Chapter Five Community
Introduction
Lay advisory groups
Consolidation of established liaison
Development of consultation
Community involvement
Crime
Community cohesion
National Intelligence Model/Critical Incident Management
Scottish Police Information and Co-ordinating Centre
Media
Stop search
Summary
Chapter Six Asylum and Immigration
Introduction
Reserved issues
Scottish Executive
Liaison with councils
United Kingdom Immigration Service
Investigation of racist incidents
Third party reporting
Illegal immigrants
Summary
Chapter Seven Diversity
Introduction
Gay, bi-sexual and transgender
Sectarianism
Gypsy travellers
Sexism
Respecting difference
Summary
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Examples of noteworthy practice
Some useful web addresses
Glossary of terms