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Since the early 1990s through its Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has collected administrative records detailing the processing of every matter/case through five components of the federal justice system: 1) U.S. Marshals Services, 2) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, 3) Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 4) U.S. Sentencing Commission and 5) the Federal Bureau of Prisons. To identify hate crimes using the FJSP data requires assessing a combination of agency offense codes and U.S. criminal code statute information. Needed information to identify hate crimes is not available for the stages of arrest and imprisonment, while necessary variables are available for the stages of prosecution, adjudication, and sentencing.
Two-paragraph background on federal hate crimes statutes, and a chart summarizing each statute.
CRS brings together diverse leaders and stakeholders to educate communities on hate crimes and to find collaborative solutions for hate crime prevention and response. This fact sheet highlights CRS services that help communities address hate crimes including: Facilitated Dialogue; Hate Crime Forums; Protecting Places of Worship Forums; City and School-Problem Identification & Resolution of Issues Together (City-SPIRIT and School SPIRIT); Community Awareness Training; and Mediation.
Detailed incident-level data on residents' self-reported experiences with hate crime, both reported and not reported to police, from a nationally representative sample of about 225,000 persons age 12 or older. BJS has collected these data annually since 2003. Hate crime is defined as a violent (rape or sexual assault, robbery, assault) or property (burglary, motor vehicle theft, or theft) that the victim has reason to believe was motivated by bias due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religion. Data file includes victim demographic characteristics; offender characteristics; nature of the hate crime and location of occurrence; presence of a weapon; victim injury; economic cost of the crime; reporting to police and police response; type of bias motivating the crime, and victims' evidence that incident was motivated by hate.
Electronic newsletter about religious discrimination matters and initiatives of the Civil Rights Division. Approximately quarterly. Includes civil discrimination as well as hate crimes, as well as updates on outreach.
NIJ is seeking applications for research and evaluation to: 1) understand the motivations and pathways to hate crime offending; 2) determine whether programs targeted at hate crime offenders are effective at reducing reoffending; 3) determine whether programs that work with victims of hate crimes and their communities are effective at reducing the harms caused by hate crimes; and 4) provide information that will improve investigative and prosecutorial outcomes. The solicitation close date is May 3, 2018.
CRS offers Strengthening Police and Community Partnerships (SPCP), a one-day, in-person facilitated program, which engages local law enforcement and community leaders in a dialogue to identify issues and develop solutions that improve police-community partnerships. The SPCP program can be scheduled proactively or in response to a critical incident. It is designed to improve public safety by strengthening trust and developing partnerships between law enforcement professionals and the diverse communities they serve. The program can also help local leaders address longstanding community distrust and other historical barriers which impact police-community partnerships.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding the UCR Program's Hate Crime data collection.
Overview of FBI's Victim Assistance services.
CRS provides services to MASSAH communities to prevent and respond to community conflicts, hate crimes, and bias incidents. This brochure highlights CRS's services and four programs CRS offers that have been widely adopted in MASSAH communities: Engaging and Building Partnerships with Muslim Americans and Sikh Americans; Bias Incidents and Hate Crime Forums; Protecting Places of Worship Forums; and City and School-Problem Identification & Resolution of Issues Together (City-SPIRIT and School SPIRIT).