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Category: Hate Crimes
College Crimes Increased Before Protests
Highlights Per the US Department of Education, there were 38,303 crimes on college campuses in 2022, the highest number since 2013. A University of Chicago…
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Answering Your Hate Crime Questions-Latest Data From The USDOJ
Highlights An overview of the two principal sources of hate crime statistics offered by the US Department of Justice. The source you use will provide…
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Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal Research
Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…
View More Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal ResearchExplaining Wildly Divergent Hate Crime Numbers
Highlights FBI hate crime numbers rose by 35 percent in 2021 based on reported incidents per The Hill (newspaper of Congress). Per the Bureau of…
View More Explaining Wildly Divergent Hate Crime NumbersEverything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of Justice
Highlights A new report funded by the National Institute of Justice describes the characteristics of mass shooters. There seem to be similarities with mass shooters,…
View More Everything You Wanted To Know About Mass Shootings-National Institute Of JusticeWho Commits Hate Crimes? National Institute of Justice
Highlights Many involved in hate crimes have histories of criminality/violence and mental health issues coupled with being under the influence at the time of the…
View More Who Commits Hate Crimes? National Institute of Justice35,000 Threatened Or Physical Attacks With A Weapon In US Schools-School Security Report
Overview A reader wants insight into the recent Michigan school shooter. She wants to know if there is data as to what schools are doing…
View More 35,000 Threatened Or Physical Attacks With A Weapon In US Schools-School Security ReportHate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJ
Highlights The rate of violent hate crime in the United States in 2019 (1.0 hate crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older) was not…
View More Hate Crimes Rates Haven’t Increased Per USDOJThe Death Of George Floyd-Riots-And What Happens Next?
Highlights A search for answers after watching hours of Sunday news coverage of the riots after the death of George Floyd. Seventy-five protests across the…
View More The Death Of George Floyd-Riots-And What Happens Next?The Probability of Being A Victim of Violent Crime
Highlights Who has the highest risk for violent crime? What are the circumstances? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of…
View More The Probability of Being A Victim of Violent CrimeMass Shooters And Everyday Violent Criminals Have Much In Common
Highlights There is no doubt that everyday criminality is far more serious in terms of injuries and fatalities than mass shootings. There seem to be…
View More Mass Shooters And Everyday Violent Criminals Have Much In CommonHate Crimes Decline Per USDOJ
Observations We have multiple federal measures of hate crimes, one from the FBI reporting a 17 percent one year increase, and one from the US…
View More Hate Crimes Decline Per USDOJThe Jussie Smollett Decision Isn’t Unusual
Highlights Prosecutors defer and drop cases all the time. The Jussie Smollett decision is not unusual. 16 to 50 percent of federal crimes are declined from…
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Hate Crimes Up? Some Clarification is Necessary
Observations We have multiple measures of hate crimes, one touting a 20 percent increase, and one from the US Department of Justice stating that…
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Hate Crimes Decline Per US Department of Justice
Subtitles Hate crime declined in the US. The rate of hate crime victimizations did not change significantly from 2004 to 2015. Most hate crimes involved…
View More Hate Crimes Decline Per US Department of JusticeA War on Muslims? A War on Cops?
Subtitles 2015 Hate Crime Statistics from the FBI What constitutes a war on cops? What constitutes a war on Muslims? Author By Leonard A. Sipes,…
View More A War on Muslims? A War on Cops?Orlando Nightclub Shooting Highlights Violence Against the Gay Community
Orlando Nightclub Shooting Highlights Violence Against the Gay Community What is known to be the worst mass shooting in American history, the gunman, identified as…
View More Orlando Nightclub Shooting Highlights Violence Against the Gay CommunityHate Crimes Down-Race, Religion and Orientation Lead
Editor’s note: The 2016 release of the Hate Crimes Statistics report, which will contain 2015 data, will feature even more information—expanded bias types in the…
View More Hate Crimes Down-Race, Religion and Orientation Lead7,000 hate crimes in 2013
The FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2013. The bias categories of gender (male and female) and gender identity (transgender and gender nonconforming) have been added…
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