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Evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime

Appendix D: Interview guides

Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)

Introduction

Government Consulting Services (GCS) has been engaged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime (Data Collection Strategy).

As part of the evaluation, GCS is conducting interviews with key stakeholders who are involved in the program or who may be affected by its activities / outputs. The purpose of these interviews is to obtain informed perspectives on the program’s relevance and performance. The following questions will serve as a guide for our interview. In some cases, questions will not be relevant to your particular situation or experience. The interview will focus on those questions most relevant to you.

Interview questions

Background
  1. Can you briefly describe your involvement with the Data Collection Strategy?
Relevance
  1. Is there a need for nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crimes? Why or why not?
    1. How is this data useful to you / your organization
  2. Is there a need for the Data Collection Strategy to provide training sessions and training materials to police services on hate crimes data collection and reporting?
  3. How does the Data Collection Strategy align with the priorities of the Government of Canada?
Performance
  1. What data quality verification is conducted on the data being reported by police services?
    1. Are there any issues with data quality?
  2. What are the reasons that some police services are not collecting or reporting hate-motivated crime data (i.e., for what reasons are some police services not currently participating in the Data Collection Strategy
  3. What types of information products are disseminated to stakeholders (e.g., data tables, reports)?
    1. At what frequency is this information disseminated (e.g., monthly, yearly)?
    2. What means are used to disseminate information (e.g., conferences, website)?
  4. Are you aware of any changes that have been made to any policies, programs, or services as a result of the nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime? If so, can you provide specific examples?
  5. Are there any ways in which data could be improved to be more useful in the future? Please explain your answer.
  6. Are there other sources of hate-motivated crime information that you are aware of and use? What are these other sources?
  7. Are there other ways in which this information could be collected and made available to stakeholders (i.e., another organization, level of government)?
    1. If so, what would be the cost implications of this other approach

Thank you for your assistance in this important evaluation.

CIC Multiculturalism program

Introduction

Government Consulting Services (GCS) has been engaged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime (Data Collection Strategy).

As part of the evaluation, GCS is conducting interviews with key stakeholders who are involved in the program or who may be affected by its activities / outputs. The purpose of these interviews is to obtain informed perspectives on the program’s relevance and performance. The following questions will serve as a guide for our interview. In some cases, questions will not be relevant to your particular situation or experience. The interview will focus on those questions most relevant to you.

Interview questions

Background
  1. Can you briefly describe your involvement with the Data Collection Strategy?
Relevance
  1. Is there a need for nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crimes? Why or why not?
     
    1. How is this data useful to you / your organization?
  2. How does the Data Collection Strategy align with CIC’s departmental outcomes and priorities?
  3. How does the Data Collection Strategy align with the priorities of the Government of Canada?
  4. Is the federal government’s role in this program appropriate (i.e., does it respond to federal legislative or other obligations)?
  5. What types of information products are disseminated to stakeholders (e.g., data tables, reports)?
     
    1. At what frequency is this information disseminated (e.g., monthly, yearly)?
    2. What means are used to disseminate information (e.g., conferences, website)?
  6. Are you aware of any changes that have been made to any policies, programs, or services as a result of the nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime? If so, can you provide specific examples?
  7. Are there any ways in which data could be improved to be more useful in the future? Please explain your answer.
  8. To what extent is CCJS meet its reporting and delivery requirements?
     
    1. Are any improvements required in this regard?
  9. Are there other sources of hate-motivated crime information that you are aware of and use? What are these other sources?
  10. Are there other ways in which this information could be collected and made available to stakeholders (i.e., another organization, level of government)?
     
    1. If so, what would be the cost implications of this other approach?

Thank you for your assistance in this important evaluation.

Police Information Statistics Committee (POLIS)

Introduction

Government Consulting Services (GCS) has been engaged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime (Data Collection Strategy).

As part of the evaluation, GCS is conducting interviews with key stakeholders who are involved in the program or who may be affected by its activities / outputs. The purpose of these interviews is to obtain informed perspectives on the program’s relevance and performance. The following questions will serve as a guide for our interview. In some cases, questions will not be relevant to your particular situation or experience. The interview will focus on those questions most relevant to you.

Interview questions

Background
  1. Can you briefly describe your involvement with the Data Collection Strategy?
Relevance
  1. In your view, how prevalent is hate-motivated crime in Canada? What have the trends been over time (e.g., is hate-motivated crime becoming more or less prevalent)? On what are basing this?
  2. Is there a need for nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crimes? Why or why not?
     
    1. How is this data useful to you / your organization?
  3. Is there a need for the Data Collection Strategy to provide training sessions and training materials to police services on hate crimes data collection and reporting?
Performance
  1. What training is available to police services with respect to identifying and collecting hate motivated crime (this could include courses, tools, training materials, on-site assistance)?
     
    1. Is the available training on collecting hate crimes data adequate?
    2. What further or additional training is required, if any?
  2. What are the reasons that some police services are not collecting or reporting hate-motivated crime data (i.e., for what reasons are some police services not currently participating in the Data Collection Strategy)?
  3. Is nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime available to you?
     
    1. If yes:
       
      1. Through what means is this data made available?
      2. Have you consulted or referred to this data? If yes, for what purpose(s)? If not, why not?
      3. Using the following rating scale, please indicate to what extent this data has improved your understanding of hate-motivated crime. Please explain your response.
         
        No extent Great extent
        1 2 3 4
    2. If no:
       
      1. Would it be useful if this data was made available to you? If so, what specific types of data would be useful to you?
  4. Are you aware of any changes that have been made to any policies, programs, or services as a result of the nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime? If so, can you provide specific examples?
  5. Are there any ways in which data could be improved to be more useful in the future? Please explain your answer.
  6. Are there other sources of hate-motivated crime information that you are aware of and use? What are these other sources?
  7. Are there other ways in which this information could be collected and made available to stakeholders (i.e., another organization, level of government)?
     
    1. If so, what would be the cost implications of this other approach?

Thank you for your assistance in this important evaluation.

Stakeholders – Other Government Departments (OGDs)

Introduction

Government Consulting Services (GCS) has been engaged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime (Data Collection Strategy).

As part of the evaluation, GCS is conducting interviews with key stakeholders who are involved in the program or who may be affected by its activities / outputs. The purpose of these interviews is to obtain informed perspectives on the program’s relevance and performance. The following questions will serve as a guide for our interview. In some cases, questions will not be relevant to your particular situation or experience. The interview will focus on those questions most relevant to you.

Interview questions

Background
  1. How familiar are you with Data Collection Strategy?
Relevance
  1. In your view, how prevalent is hate-motivated crime in Canada? What have the trends been over time (e.g., is hate-motivated crime becoming more or less prevalent)? On what are basing this?
  2. Is there a need for nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crimes? Why or why not?
     
    1. How is this data useful to you / your organization?
  3. How does the Data Collection Strategy align with the priorities of the Government of Canada?
Performance
  1. Is nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime available to you?
     
    1. If yes:
       
      1. Through what means is this data made available?
      2. Have you consulted or referred to this data? If yes, for what purpose(s)? If not, why not?
      3. Using the following rating scale, please indicate to what extent this data has improved your understanding of hate-motivated crime. Please explain your response.
         
        No extent Great extent
        1 2 3 4
    2. If no:
       
      1. Would it be useful if this data was made available to you? If so, what specific types of data would be useful to you?
  2. Are you aware of any changes that have been made to any policies, programs, or services as a result of the nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime? If so, can you provide specific examples?
  3. Are there any ways in which data could be improved to be more useful in the future? Please explain your answer.
  4. Are there other sources of hate-motivated crime information that you are aware of and use? What are these other sources?
  5. Are there other ways in which this information could be collected and made available to stakeholders (i.e., another organization, level of government)?
     
    1. If so, what would be the cost implications of this other approach?

Thank you for your assistance in this important evaluation.

Other Stakeholders

Introduction

Government Consulting Services (GCS) has been engaged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Nationally Standardized Data Collection Strategy on Hate-Motivated Crime (Data Collection Strategy).

As part of the evaluation, GCS is conducting interviews with key stakeholders who are involved in the program or who may be affected by its activities / outputs. The purpose of these interviews is to obtain informed perspectives on the program’s relevance and performance. The following questions will serve as a guide for our interview. In some cases, questions will not be relevant to your particular situation or experience. The interview will focus on those questions most relevant to you.

Interview questions

Background
  1. How familiar are you with Data Collection Strategy?
Relevance
  1. In your view, how prevalent is hate-motivated crime in Canada? What have the trends been over time (e.g., is hate-motivated crime becoming more or less prevalent)? On what are basing this?
  2. Is there a need for nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crimes? Why or why not?
     
    1. How is this data useful to you / your organization?
Performance
  1. Is nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime available to you?
     
    1. If yes:
       
      1. Through what means is this data made available?
      2. Have you consulted or referred to this data? If yes, for what purpose(s)? If not, why not?
      3. Using the following rating scale, please indicate to what extent this data has improved your understanding of hate-motivated crime. Please explain your response.
         
        No extent Great extent
        1 2 3 4
    2. If no:
       
      1. Would it be useful if this data was made available to you? If so, what specific types of data would be useful to you?
  2. Are you aware of any changes that have been made to any policies, programs, or services as a result of the nationally standardized data on hate-motivated crime? If so, can you provide specific examples?
  3. Are there any ways in which data could be improved to be more useful in the future? Please explain your answer.
  4. Are there other sources of hate-motivated crime information that you are aware of and use? What are these other sources?
  5. Are there other ways in which this information could be collected and made available to stakeholders (i.e., another organization, level of government)?
     
    1. If so, what would be the cost implications of this other approach?

Thank you for your assistance in this important evaluation.

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