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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Explaining 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 NumbersWho 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 JusticeHate 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 USDOJHate 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…
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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…
View More Hate Crimes Up? Some Clarification is NecessaryHate 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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