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Overview of Hate Crime. September 13, 2021. Hate crimes (also known as “bias crimes”) are recognized as a distinct category of crimes that have a broader effect than most other kinds of crimes because the victims are not only the crime’s immediate target but also others like them. The FBI defines hate crimes as “criminal offense [s ...
Hate crimes (also known as “bias crimes”) are recognized as a distinct category of crimes that have a broader effect that most other kinds of crimes because the victims are not only the crime’s immediate target but also others like them. The FBI defines hate crimes as “criminal offense[s] against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by a person’s bias against a race ...
The START team cautioned that the BIAS hate crime database was not intended to be, and should not be used as a comprehensive source for reporting aggregate hate crime trends. Rather, the BIAS database is a sample to be examined to learn about traits of persons who commit hate crimes, key risk factors, and pathways to offending.
Using Research to Improve Hate Crime Reporting and Identification. A recent series of evidence-based research initiatives supported by NIJ is helping to narrow this critical knowledge gap and illuminate a better path forward. The study findings fill in vital details on causes of hate crimes. September 14, 2023. By.
Hate-crime laws may define: Groups that are protected (e.g., religion, race or ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation). A range of predicate or underlying crimes (e.g., assault). A requirement that hate or bias motivated the offense. Penalty enhancements. Provisions for civil remedies.
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice to prevent and respond to hate crimes. Though applications may cover a range of topics, NIJ is particularly interested in funding: (1) evaluations of federal-, state-, or locally funded efforts to combat hate crimes ; (2) research that informs strategies to prevent hate ...
Jeff Gruenewald, Ph.D., is a professor and director of the Terrorism Research Center at the University of Arkansas and studies domestic violent extremism and hate crime. Michael Jensen, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland, where he leads the ...
Males reported more hate-crime victimization than females both over their lifetimes (32.8% to 24.4%) and in the past year (11.4% to 8%). The survey data on their face appear to support a conclusion that Latinos with higher socioeconomic status and English language proficiency are at greater risk for bias-based victimization.
Between 2014 and 2022, the number of hate crime incidents involving transgender individuals reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) program increased by 364%. Over the past several decades (and especially in the last 10 years), larger metropolitan police departments have increasingly used specialized liaison officers or units to ...
In a violent crime, a victim is harmed by or threatened with violence. Violent crimes include rape and sexual assault, robbery, assault and murder. NIJ supports research that strives to understand and reduce the occurrence and impact of violent crimes. This includes describing the scope of these crimes, such as how and when they occur and their consequences. NIJ also supports evaluations of ...