Widen your reading with these suggested journal articles. Links have been provided for SAGE journal articles, enabling you to access for free. You may have access to non-SAGE journal articles via your university library.

An important insight into the views of minority officers on diversity in policing can be found in:

Cashmore, E. (2000) ‘Behind the Window Dressing: Ethnic Minority Police Perspectives on Cultural Diversity’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28: 327-341.

Holdaway explored police race relations in the context of recent developments in the diversity agenda and their prospects in the Big Society:

Holdaway, S. (2013) ‘Police Race Relations in the Big Society: Continuity and Change’, Policing and Society, 13: 215-230.

Understanding the nature of hate crime victimisation is a significant challenge in developing more effective responses, this article provides excellent insight into the nature of the experience:

Chakraborti, N. and Garland, J. (2012) ‘Reconceptualising Hate Crime Victimization through the Lens of Vulnerability and “Difference”’, Theoretical Criminology, 16: 499-514.