HATE CRIMES RESOURCES
These are Hate Crimes Resources.
Please also see: Wartime Rape/Rape as a Weapon of War Resources
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Abortion Clinic Anthrax Hoaxer Caught
The Associated Press, December 5, 2001
Anti-Abortionist Extradited to U.S.
MSNBC News Services, June 5, 2002
Anti-Asian Violence
Information about anti-Asian violence and bias from the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund.
Asylum and Hate Law to Be Overhauled
BBC News, October 3, 2001
Crimes of Hate, Conspiracy of Silence: Torture and Ill-Treatment Based on Sexual Identity
Report from Amnesty International, June 22, 2001, regarding crimes and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals worldwide.
Ex-Klansman Convicted in 1963 Alabama Church Blast
Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2001
Hate Crime in America
Learn how police agencies can respond more effectively to public fears, hate groups, and incidents of hate crime. From The International Association of Chiefs of Police 1998 Hate Crime in America Summit.
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999
Full text of the legislation.
Hate-Crime Reports Reach Record Level
Chicago Tribune, October 9, 2001
Hate Crimes Against Gays on Rise Across U.S.
San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 2001
Hate Crimes Information
Information from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Hate Crimes Statistics - 1999
Summary of 1999 hate crimes statistics report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Hate Crimes Today: An Age-Old Foe In Modern Dress
Report from the American Psychological Association, 1998
The Hate Within
Legal Times, May 23, 2002
Hatred in the Hallways
Report from Human Rights Watch on violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students in U.S. schools. Released May, 2001. Includes info on coping with harassment and violence, educator inaction, role of school counselors, and legal standards.
Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime
Newsday, October 4, 2001
Many Teens Silent on Hate Crimes, Study Finds
The Boston Globe, January 28, 2002
The Perpetrators Of Racial Harrassment And Racial Violence
Report from the British Home Office Research Studies Division, 1997. [PDF]
Preventing Youth Hate Crime: A Manual for Schools and Communities
A publication of the U.S. Department of Education.
Search On For Gay Holocaust Survivors
Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2001
Statement From Assistant Attorney General Ralph F. Boyd Jr. Regarding the Treatment of Arab, Muslim Americans or Americans of South Asian Descent
Press release September 13, 2001
Supremacist Is Sentenced In Shooting
The Indianapolis Star, May 25, 2002
Three New Places to Fight Hate
Wired News, April 5, 2001
The Ultimate Fascism
by Andrew Vachss, EXPO, No.1, 1996
White Supremacist Leader William Pierce, Author Of 'The Turner Diaries,' Dies
The Associated Press, July 20, 2002
COMMENTARY and OPINION
"Step on a Crack" by Andrew Vachss
From Born Bad, a collection of short stories by Andrew Vachss.
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
(click here for Articles/Information/Research)
The Anti-Defamation League
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
www.adl.org
Fighting anti-Semitism and bigotry, the Anti-Defamation League probes the roots of hatred against Jews and serves as a resource for government, law enforcement agencies, media, and the public at large.
Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Criminal Justice
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
Phone: (909) 880-7711
hatemonitor.csusb.edu
Community Safety Units
Racial and Violent Crime Task Force
(CO24) Room 934
New Scotland Yard
Broadway
London SW1H 0BG U.K.
Phone: 020 7230 4374
www.met.police.uk/csu
Every London borough has a team of specially trained officers whose task is to investigate racist crimes, homophobic crimes, domestic violence, and hate mail. These pages will give you more information and tell you how to get in touch with your local Community Safety Unit.
FBI Civil Rights Program
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Phone: (202) 324-3000
www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm
The FBI's Civil Rights Program investigates hate crimes, violence against abortion providers, and Federal discrimination claims.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
248 West 35th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 629-3322
www.glaad.org
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of combating homophobia.
Hate Crime/Discrimination Complaints
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
TDD/TYY Toll-free: 1-800-877-8339
Toll-free: 1-800-522-6843
www.usccr.gov/filing/flndx.htm
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights maintains two complaint lines and e-mail contact addresses for reporting hate crimes, discrimination, and harassment. Information on the complaint process available at the USCCR website.
Hate Crimes Research Network
Portland State University Dept. of Sociology
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: (503) 725-3926
www.hatecrime.net
Research, publications and links regarding bias-motivated crimes.
The Holocaust History Project
600 Sandau Road, Suite 400
San Antonio, TX 78216
www.holocaust-history.org
The Holocaust History Project is a free archive of documents, photos, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation
301 Thelma #512
Casper, WY 82609
Phone: (307) 237-6167
www.matthewshepard.org
Supports educational projects, activities, and documentaries that raise awareness of the issues involving discrimination and diversity.
The Nizkor Project
www.nizkor.org
Nizkor is a collage of projects focused on the Holocaust, or "Shoah," and its denial.
The Not in Our Town Campaign
The Working Group
P.O. Box 10326
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: (510) 268-9675
www.pbs.org/niot/
A campaign stemming from a PBS broadcast, to promote public dialogue and provide a model for community response to hate crimes and other associated problems.
Partners Against Hate
1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #1020
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-8310
www.partnersagainsthate.org
Partners Against Hate represents a joint effort by the Anti-Defamation League, the Leadership Conference Education Fund, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence to address the problem of hate violence among youth.
Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Project
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Phone: (334) 956-8200
www.splcenter.org/intel/intpro.jsp
The SPLC's Intelligence Project is dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremist activity in the U.S.
The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978
www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/
Monitors manifestations of anti-Semitism and racism worldwide and operates a computerized Database of contemporary anti-Semitism and extremist right-wing and other hate groups.
Tolerance.org
www.tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, aimed at combating hate and promoting tolerance online.
The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus
91905 Jerusalem, Israel
Phone: 02-5882494
sicsa.huji.ac.il
Established in 1982 as an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to an independent, non-political approach to the accumulation and dissemination of knowledge necessary for understanding the phenomenon of antisemitism.
