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Uniform Crime Reports: Hate Crime 1995

NCJ Number
172062
Date Published
1997
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This report describes hate crime incidents reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during 1995.
Abstract
Preliminary figures show 7,947 hate crime incidents were reported to the FBI during 1995. The incidents were reported by more than 9,500 law enforcement agencies in 45 States and the District of Columbia. Participating agencies covered 75 percent of the US population. Tables in this report present data on: (1) Agency Hate Crime Reporting by State; (2) Number of Incidents, Offenses, Victims, and Offenders by Bias Motivation; (3) Number of Offenses, Victims, and Offenders by Offense Category; and (4) Number of Known Offenders by Race.