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FBI reports increase in hate crimes nationwide for third consecutive year
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
campus security report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6247
pISSN - 1551-2800
DOI - 10.1002/casr.30465
Subject(s) - hate crime , criminology , political science , psychology
For the third year in a row, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual report on hate crimes reported an uptick in such crimes nationwide. In 2017, there were 7,175 hate crimes in the United States, compared to 6,121 hate crimes in 2016. That represents a 17 percent increase over a year that had seen a 5 percent increase in hate crimes reported compared with 2015.