The dictionary defines a hate crime as "any of various crimes... when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)."
HATE GROUP WEBSITESstormfront white nationalists
swhite camelia knights of the kkk, cleveland, tx
imperial klan of america
kkk, firy cross
american nazi party
klassen`s teachings
sigrdrifa, white women
white revolution
white alert
twelve aryan nations
STOP HATE WEBSITESturn it down: campaign against white power music
southern poverty law center
teaching tolerance
hate group map
parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays
center for the prevention of hate and violence
partners against hate
civil righs coalition
dept. of education: preventing youth hate
Current legislation allows federal prosecution of a hate crime only if the crime was motivated by race, religion, national origin, or color. In addition, the assailant must intend to prevent the victim from exercising a federally protected right. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999, passed by the Senate in July 1999, seeks to expand federal jurisdiction over these crimes.
Summary of Hate Crime Statistics, 2002 | Number of
incidents | Number of
offenses | Number of
victims | Number of
known
offenders |
|---|
| Race | 3,642 | 4,393 | 4,580 | 4,011 | | Anti-white | 719 | 888 | 910 | 1,064 | | Anti-black | 2,486 | 2,967 | 3,076 | 2,510 | | Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native | 62 | 68 | 72 | 52 | | Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander | 217 | 268 | 280 | 242 | | Anti-multi-racial group | 158 | 202 | 242 | 143 | | Ethnicity/national origin | 1,102 | 1,345 | 1,409 | 1,247 | | Anti-Hispanic | 480 | 601 | 639 | 656 | | Anti-other ethnicity/national origin | 622 | 744 | 770 | 591 | | Religion | 1,426 | 1,576 | 1,659 | 568 | | Anti-Jewish | 931 | 1,039 | 1,084 | 317 | | Anti-Catholic | 53 | 58 | 71 | 21 | | Anti-Protestant | 55 | 57 | 58 | 34 | | Anti-Islamic | 155 | 170 | 174 | 103 | | Anti-other religious group | 198 | 217 | 237 | 73 | | Anti-multi-religious group | 31 | 32 | 32 | 18 | | Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Sexual orientation | 1,244 | 1,464 | 1,513 | 1,438 | | Anti-male homosexual | 825 | 957 | 984 | 1,022 | | Anti-female homosexual | 172 | 207 | 221 | 172 | | Anti-homosexual | 222 | 259 | 267 | 225 | | Anti-heterosexual | 10 | 26 | 26 | 6 | | Anti-bisexual | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | | Disability | 45 | 47 | 50 | 47 | | Anti-physical | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | | Anti-mental | 25 | 27 | 30 | 26 | | Multiple-bias incidents1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | | Total | 7,642 | 8,832 | 9,222 | 7,314 |
Source: Crime in the United States, 2002, FBI, Uniform Crime Reports. taken from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004885.html
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