The measurement of hate crimes in America / Frank S. Pezzella and Matthew D. Fetzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pezzella, Frank S., author.

Fetzer, Matthew D., author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Policing, 2194-6213.

SpringerBriefs in Policing, 2194-6213

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hate crimes--United States--Statistical methods.

Hate crimes.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 126 pages, 7 illustrations)

Edition:

1st edition 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Hate Crime Statistics Program and the National Crime Victimization Survey, this brief highlights the uniqueness of hate or bias crime victimization. It compares these to non-bias crimes and delineates the situational circumstances that distinguish bias from non-bias offending. The nuances of under-reporting shed light on bias-group and victim reasons for not reporting. By examining measurement issues associated with data collection systems, this brief helps explain why eighty-nine percent of participating law enforcement agencies report zero hate crimes each year. It describes patterns and trends in reporting the volume of general bias motivations and specific bias types, as the most prevalent hate crime offense types and most likely victims and offenders. With recommendations to address issues in measurement and under-reporting, including an action plan by the Enhance the Response to Hate Crimes Advisory Committee and the International Association of Chiefs of Police, a best practice model by the Oak Creek Police Department, and other promising law enforcement reporting models, this brief provides an increasingly critical resource for law enforcement practitioners and researchers dealing with hate crimes.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Conceptualization

3. Hate Crime Reporting Systems

4. Measurement Issues

5. Patterns and Trends

6. The Uniqueness of Hate Crimes

7. Victims Under Reporting. -8. The Law Enforcement Response to Hate Crimes

9. Recommendations.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783030515775

303051577X