Targeting specific groups of people in a killing rampage. All of those acts are clear-cut examples of possible hate crimes – crimes defined by state and federal laws as being motivated by bias ...

Three New York residents have been indicted on hate crimes charges in connection with red paint smeared on the homes of ...

Although a particularly stark example, the response shows how the effects of hate crime are not limited to the immediate victims: they also affect others who learn of such events. Over the past ...

Hate crimes targeting people's sexual orientation ... can be targeted for more than one of these at the same time - for example, someone attacked for being both Asian and Muslim or abused for ...

The hate crime law in Scotland includes more protected characteristics. Supporters of the new law point out that it contains safeguards designed to protect freedom of speech. For example ...

The recall last week of two Bay Area officials who both championed progressive crime policies reflects long-held frustrations around a previous increase in violence targeting the Asian American ...

Peter Hopkins receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Religious hate crimes in England and Wales are at record levels. New Home Office statistics reveal that although hate crime overall saw an ...

For example, last year across the state there were 67 cases of ... you get people when they’re in the communicable stage,” ...

When a hate crime enhancement is added to a charge, the classification moves up one level. For example, the charge of second-degree false imprisonment is typically considered a class one ...

CHICAGO — With global tensions and an intensely partisan presidential campaign fueling division among Americans, Illinois is launching the Help Stop Hate program to combat the severe increase in ...