The underreporting of hate crime is recognised as problematic for jurisdictions across Europe and beyond. Within the UK, the landmark inquiry report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence 25 years ago has seen governments faithfully adhering to a policy of promoting the increased reporting of hate crime. An enduring legacy of the inquiry, third-party reporting centres (TPRCs) have been equally faithfully promoted as the primary vehicle for achieving such increases. While the nations of the United Kingdom have pioneered the development of TPRCs, their function and form have been adopted in other jurisdictions, including Victoria, Australia. Nevertheless, despite their reliance on TPRCs, policymakers have given limited attention to their efficacy. The evidence from a plethora of small scale studies has consistently found that TPRCs have been limited by public awareness, capability, capacity and poor oversight difficulties. Responding to these long-standing problems, the authors have developed the first ‘TPRC assessment tool’ which offers a diagnostic facility to improve effectiveness. This paper describes the development and piloting of this tool and highlights its potential to inform policy and practice both in the UK and internationally, providing an original contribution to the limited evidence base around third-party reporting.

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现实与修辞：评估第三方仇恨犯罪报告中心的效力

仇恨犯罪的漏报被认为是欧洲及其他地区司法管辖区的问题。在英国，对 25 年前斯蒂芬·劳伦斯 (Stephen Lawrence) 谋杀案的具有里程碑意义的调查报告表明，各国政府忠实地遵守促进仇恨犯罪报告增加的政策。作为调查的持久遗产，第三方报告中心 (TPRC) 也同样被忠实地推广为实现此类增长的主要工具。虽然英国国家率先发展了 TPRC，但其功能和形式已被其他司法管辖区采用，包括澳大利亚维多利亚州。然而，尽管他们依赖 TPRC，但政策制定者对其效力的关注有限。大量小规模研究的证据一致发现，TPRC 受到公众意识、能力、能力和监管困难的限制。针对这些长期存在的问题，作者开发了第一个“TPRC 评估工具”，它提供了一种诊断工具以提高有效性。本文描述了该工具的开发和试点，并强调了其为英国和国际政策和实践提供信息的潜力，为围绕第三方报告的有限证据基础提供了原始贡献。