ABSTRACT
For example, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 seems capable of having a significant impact with regards to tackling militant racism.1 As I display in chapter 7, those committing racially aggravated offences can now expect a long prison sentence should they be found guilty of racist crime. Indeed, the changes are not minimal but significant. By way of illustration, a person found guilty of committing a common assault could face up to six months imprisonment. By comparison, if additional racial charges are brought, and the court determines that at the time of committing the basic offence racial hostility was demonstrated, then a sentence of up to two years could be applicable for racial common assault. What is more, these radical changes do not apply to just common assault, but to a whole range of offences associated with violence.2
